Lloyd Smucker

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On November 8, 2016, Smucker defeated Christina Hartman with 53% of the vote in the race to replace the retiring Joe Pitts in Congress. [10] He was sworn in to represent Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district on January 3, 2017. [11]

A new congressional map imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court renumbered Smucker's district as the 11th district. It picked up the sliver of Lancaster County that had previously been in the 7th district, while losing its shares of Chester and Berks counties. To make up for the loss in population, it was shifted to the west, absorbing most of the more rural eastern portion of York County. [12] The old 16th had been one of Pennsylvania's most Republican districts, but the Democratic trend in areas of the district closer to Philadelphia had resulted in close races at the presidential level since the turn of the millennium. John McCain only carried the old 16th with 51% of the vote in 2008, [13] while Mitt Romney won it with 52% in 2012 [14] and Donald Trump won it with 51% in 2016. [15] According to Nate Cohn of The New York Times , these trends theoretically left Smucker vulnerable in a Democratic wave. [12]

In contrast, the new 11th is significantly more rural and Republican than its predecessor. Had it existed in 2016, Trump would have won it with over 60% of the vote, which would have been his fifth-best showing in the state. [16] According to Cohn, the Republican-controlled state legislature had placed the more Democratic areas of Chester and Berks counties into the 16th in order to protect Republican incumbents in neighboring districts. As Cohn put it, the loss of those areas and the addition of part of York County had the effect of making what was already a "naturally Republican" district even more so. [12]

As expected, Smucker won a second term handily, defeating Democratic nominee Jess King with 59% of the vote. [17]

Tenure

During the presidency of Donald Trump, Smucker voted in line with Trump's stated position 94% of the time. [18] As of September 2021, Smucker had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 14.3% of the time. [19]

Smucker supported the American Health Care Act, the GOP's legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). [20]

On September 24, 2014, Smucker voted against Pennsylvania senate bill SB1182, which would legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania. [21] He voted to repeal provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. [22] He has voted for increases in military spending. [22] He supported legislation to punish sanctuary cities. [22] In 2017, Smucker voted for a budget that proposed cutting Medicare by $537 billion and giving seniors the opportunity to enroll in private plans in competition with Medicare. [23]

On January 6, 2021, Smucker voted to overturn the Electoral College results that would make Biden president. Pennsylvania cast its electoral ballots for Biden in the 2020 presidential election. [24]

Political positions

Abortion

Smucker opposes abortion. [25] He supports including fetuses among those given civil rights protections per the 14th amendment and introduced a bill to protect "infant survivors of abortion". [26]

Birth control

Smucker is against codifying the right to birth control. He voted against the Right to Contraception Act in 2022. [27]

Racial and LGBT rights

Smucker opposes gay marriage and voted against federally protecting gay and interracial marriages. [28] He voted against allowing private lawsuits against schools who racially discriminate. [26]

Taxes and federal spending

Smucker opposes an income tax increase, opposes federal spending, and supports lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth. [29]

Education

Smucker opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards. He supports leaving education standards to the state. [29]

Environment

Smucker opposes federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and assisting rural renewable energy. He voted to loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska. [26]

Gun control

Smucker opposes gun-control legislation and voted twice against expanding background checks. [26] In 2024, he is endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund. [30]

Healthcare

Smucker supports repealing the Affordable Care Act and supports leaving healthcare to the states. [26]

Immigration

Smucker supports requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship and supports bans on immigration for "non-cooperating" countries. [26]

Foreign policy

Smucker supports increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support.

Smucker is pro-Israel and supports keeping a United States embassy in Jerusalem. In 2024, he is endorsed by AIPAC. [31]

He supported Donald Trump's strike on Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. [26]

Social security

Smucker supports allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts. [32]

Donald Trump

Smucker voted twice against impeaching Trump and against forming the January 6th committee. [26] Trump endorsed Smucker's 2022 reelection bid. [33]

Death penalty

Smucker supports capital punishment and voted to expand the federal death penalty for killings of police officers. [34]

Net neutrality

Smucker opposes net neutrality. [26]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

2018

Lloyd Smucker
Lloyd Smucker Official Congressional Photo.jpg
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2018 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lloyd Smucker (incumbent) 163,708 59.0
Democratic Jess King113,87641.0
Total votes277,584 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2020 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lloyd Smucker (incumbent) 241,915 63.1
Democratic Sarah Hammond141,32536.9
Total votes383,240 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2022 [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lloyd Smucker (incumbent) 194,991 61.5
Democratic Bob Hollister121,83538.5
Total votes316,826 100.0
Republican hold

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  25. ↑ Hullinger, Logan (January 2, 2020). "Smucker, Perry join call for Supreme Court to 'reconsider' Roe v. Wade" . York Dispatch . Retrieved January 30, 2023. Smucker ... and Perry ... have consistently opposed abortion throughout their political careers.
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