Lloyd Smucker

Lloyd Smucker
Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
Taking office
January 3, 2017
Succeeding Joe Pitts
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 13th district
Assumed office
January 6, 2009
Preceded by Gib Armstrong
Personal details
Born (1964-01-23) January 23, 1964
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican
Residence West Lampeter Township
Occupation Businessman
Signature
Website Pennsylvania State Senator Lloyd Smucker

Lloyd K. Smucker (born January 23, 1964) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 13th District since 2009. The district includes parts of York and Lancaster Counties.

Smucker was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Daniel and Arie Smucker.[1] After graduating from Lancaster Mennonite High School in 1981, he attended Lebanon Valley College and Franklin & Marshall College.[2] For twenty-five years, he served as president of the Smucker Company, a family-owned commercial construction firm in Smoketown.[3]

Smucker was a member of the West Lampeter Township Planning Commission for four years before serving two terms as a township supervisor.[3] In 2008, after 23-year incumbent Gibson E. Armstrong decided to retire, Smucker successfully ran as a Republican for the Pennsylvania State Senate. He won a four-way primary, receiving 47% of the vote.[4] In the general election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, Lancaster City Council member José E. Urdaneta, by a margin of 57%-43%.[5]

In the Senate, Smucker serves as chair of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, vice-chair of the Labor & Industry Committee, and a member of the Appropriations, Education, Local Government, and Urban Affairs & Housing Committees.[1]

On September 24, 2014, Smucker voted against Pennsylvania senate bill SB1182 which would legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania.[6]

On November 8, 2016, Smucker defeated Christina Hartman in the race to replace the retiring Joe Pitts in Congress.[7] Beginning in January 2017, he will represent Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District.

References

  1. 1 2 "Lloyd K. Smucker". Pennsylvania State Senate.
  2. ↑ "Senator Lloyd K. Smucker". Project Vote Smart.
  3. 1 2 "Lloyd K. Smucker". State Senator Lloyd Smucker.
  4. ↑ "2008 Generalĺ Primary". Pennsylvania Department of State.
  5. ↑ "2008 General Election". Pennsylvania Department of State.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Jan. "Medical marijuana: How our southcentral Pa. senators voted". http://www.pennlive.com. Retrieved 25 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ Writer, TIM STUHLDREHER | Staff. "Lloyd Smucker beats Christina Hartman, Shawn House in 16th Congressional District race". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2016-11-11.


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