Klunk wins 7th term for 169th state House seat in closest race yet
Kate Klunk has won reelection in the 169th District state House race, according to the unofficial election results from York County. With 22 of 22 precincts fully reporting, Republican incumbent Kate Klunk received 63% of the vote, with 16,389 votes, compared with Democratic challenger Austin Graham, who received 37% with 9,442 votes. The 169th District includes Hanover, Glen Rock, Railroad, Jefferson, New Freedom and Shrewsbury boroughs and Penn, Codorus, West Manheim, Manheim, Heidelberg and Shrewsbury townships. In her seventh race for the district, the 2026 margin of victory by 6,947 votes marked the closest race yet for Klunk. In her unopposed 2024 general election, Klunk received 30,234 votes, with just 1,542 write-in votes. 2022 marked the most recent contested general election race for Klunk, with Klunk defeating 2022 Democratic challenger Isaac Riston by a margin of 11,962 votes. Want Hanover and Adams County news delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the Hanover Daily Briefing newsletter by Harrison Jones here . Prior to the 2022 race, Klunk had defeated her first Democratic challenger, Sarah Hammond, in 2018 with a margin of 10,310 votes. Affordability emerged as a central issue for both candidates, although they approached it differently. More: Live coverage