Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District covers Lancaster County and the southern half of York County. It runs from the rolling farmland of northern Lancaster down through the suburbs ringing Lancaster City, across the Susquehanna, and into the boroughs and townships of southern York. About 750,000 people live here.
PA-11 is one of the most agricultural districts in Pennsylvania. It is also home to small manufacturers, dairy farmers, growing Latino and Amish communities, college towns, and bedroom communities for commuters into Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York. What people in PA-11 share is not a single industry or background; it is the daily math of making a paycheck stretch, keeping a small business open, and worrying about the next medical bill.
The district has been drawn and redrawn over the decades, but for the last few election cycles its boundaries have been steady. Both the 2024 and 2026 elections use the same map.
The current representative is Rep. Lloyd Smucker, a Republican from Lancaster County who has held the seat since January 2017. He is running for re-election in 2026.
Smucker has voted with the most conservative members of his party on most major bills, including budget cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and public health funding. He has not held a public in-person town hall in PA-11 in more than a decade. The campaign has tracked that absence in detail at /Rep-Lloyd-Smucker-Town-Hall-PA-11/.
Smucker's voting record is a matter of public record. So is his town hall record. Voters in PA-11 have a right to ask both: what has he done for the district, and where has he been?
The 2026 election cycle has two dates that matter for PA-11 voters:
Tuesday, May 19, 2026: Pennsylvania primary. Registered Democrats vote in the Democratic primary; registered Republicans vote in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania is a closed-primary state, so unaffiliated voters cannot vote in either primary unless they update their registration before the deadline.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026: general election. All registered voters in PA-11, regardless of party, can vote for one candidate for U.S. House.
The Democratic Party has fielded a candidate in PA-11 in every recent cycle. In 2026, that candidate is Nancy Mannion.
Nancy Mannion, RN, is the Democratic candidate in PA-11 for the 2026 election. She is a 40-year emergency nurse, an international healthcare leader, and a Lancaster County resident since 1991.
Nancy was elected President of the Emergency Nurses Association and chaired the Nurses on Boards Coalition. She is a Fellow in both the American Academy of Nursing and the Emergency Nurses Association. She has provided humanitarian medical care in Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal, and other countries, and has trained healthcare leaders in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
She is running because she believes PA-11 deserves a representative who answers the door, the way a nurse answers a call light. The full bio is at /Meet-Nancy/.
Three things are on the ballot in 2026 for everyone in PA-11, regardless of party:
Healthcare. Lancaster County hospitals depend on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. Rural clinics in southern York rely on public health grants. When Washington cuts those programs, the cost shifts to local hospitals, then to local employers, then to working families through higher premiums. Nancy's priorities page lays out a healthcare plan rooted in 40 years of bedside experience, not talking points.
Cost of living. PA-11 is full of farmers, small business owners, and working renters. Grocery prices, prescription costs, child care, and housing are the everyday squeeze. The district needs a representative who treats those as policy problems with policy solutions, not as a campaign slogan.
Representation that shows up. A representative who does not hold town halls, does not return calls from constituents, and votes against the local hospital is a representative on paper only. Whatever your politics, the seat should belong to someone who is in the district answering questions.
There are four things any PA-11 resident can do today, and none of them require money:
Check your voter registration. Visit vote.pa.gov and confirm you are registered at your current address with the party you want to vote in the primary. The deadline to update before the May 2026 primary is 15 days before the election.
Sign up to volunteer. Door-knocking, phone banking, hosting a meet-and-greet, or helping behind the scenes, every campaign hour matters in a district this size. Volunteer here.
Come to an event. Nancy is in PA-11 most weekends. The events calendar lists the next stops.
Donate if you can. Citizens for Nancy Mannion accepts contributions through ActBlue or by check. Even $10 helps. Donate here.
The 2026 race for Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District is going to be decided by people who show up, talk to their neighbors, and vote. Whichever way you lean, the district is better off when both sides have to make their case.