{"id":304634,"date":"2026-10-11T20:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304634\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T20:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:40:06","slug":"2026-pennsylvania-election-guide-ismail-smith-wade-el-democratic-incumbent-in-pa-houses-49th-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/304634\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Pennsylvania Election Guide | Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Democratic incumbent in PA House&#8217;s 49th District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smith-Wade-El is a Lancaster County native and has represented the 49th District since December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D) is seeking reelection to the PA House in the Nov. 3 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Smith-Wade-El, also known as &#8220;Izzy,&#8221; has represented Pennsylvania&#8217;s 49th District, which includes portions of Lancaster County, since the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Smith-Wade-El faces Republican opponent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026-pennsylvania-election-guide-vanessa-acosta-republican-candidate-for-pa-houses-49th-district\/521-aadb5ae3-3fcc-4de3-9d82-0198d0a43627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Vanessa Acosta<\/a> in the November general election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Nov. 3 general election, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026-election-guide-nov-3-general-midterm-election-how-to-vote-register\/521-80f4182c-0e93-4e05-a097-150021a94a82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FOX43&#8217;s 2026 Election Guide<\/a>. The guide is your go-to guide for election details and has answers to frequently asked questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFOX43 Candidate Questionnaire                    <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the midterm election, FOX43 News invited candidates across south-central Pennsylvania to complete a questionnaire about their priorities and experience. Below are Smith-Wade-El&#8217;s responses:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n<p>More information on the Nov. 3 general election can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox43.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026-election-guide-nov-3-general-midterm-election-how-to-vote-register\/521-80f4182c-0e93-4e05-a097-150021a94a82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">FOX43&#8217;s 2026 Election Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith-Wade-El is a Lancaster County native and has represented the 49th District since December 2022. LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-304634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}