Thompson wins re-election to a much different Congress
Photo courtesy Friends of Glenn Thompson Facebook page Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15, is pictured with Penn State University students on Election Day.
Photo courtesy Ray Bilger for Congress Facebook page Ray Bilger, challenger for the 15th Congressional District seat in Pennsylvania, is pictured at Penn State University on Election Day.
Photo courtesy Friends of Glenn Thompson Facebook page Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15, is pictured with Penn State University students on Election Day.
Photo courtesy Ray Bilger for Congress Facebook page Ray Bilger, challenger for the 15th Congressional District seat in Pennsylvania, is pictured at Penn State University on Election Day.
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Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson will remain the 15th Congressional District representative in Congress, though he will be taking on a different role in the House minority when the new Congress is seated in January.
Thompson, the first Pennsylvanian since the 1860's to serve as Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, was joined by friends, family, and supporters for an election night celebration in Clearfield.
“From Centre to McKean, Tioga to Jefferson, I’ve been fortunate to feel at home throughout the district,” said Thompson. “I am honored to have earned the trust of the hard-working people I represent. Tonight’s victory is a reminder of that trust, and I look forward to continuing to deliver results for Pennsylvania.”
Thompson won 65.4% of the vote in Warren County, taking the county 9,013 votes to 4,750 votes for challenger Ray Bilger. Across the district Thompson saw widespread support with the exception of Centre County, Bilger’s home county where the challenger won 32,234-24,503 (56.8% to 43.2%). Thompson captured 70.1% of the vote in Armstrong County, 73% of the vote in Cameron County, 71.8% in Clarion County, 71.4% in Clearfield County, 64.5% in Clinton County, 68% in Indiana County, 75.04% in Jefferson County, 73.1% in Lycoming County, 68.8% in McKean County, 78.3% in Potter County, 68.9% in Snyder County, 72.5% in Tioga County, 55.4% in Union County and 67.9% in Venango County.
Bilger said via Facebook that he was proud of his campaign in a district that has nearly 80% Republican voter enrollment while running a campaign on a limited budget.
"We worked extremely hard for this," Bilger posted. "All of us. I am nothing but extraordinarily proud of the honest, enthusiastic, and hard race that we fought together; a race made possible by a truly exceptional group of staff, hundreds of volunteers, and tens of thousands of supporters across the state, the nation, and the world. I don't think too many campaigns that were run this season can say that."
The House of Representatives that Thompson has been re-elected to will have a much different look than the one where Thompson has served as chairman of the powerful House Agriculture Committee. .
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday's 2026 midterm elections. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which hasn't elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. They held on to battleground seats in Georgia and Michigan. In the House, Democrats flipped more than two dozen districts, some that voted for Trump by double digits in 2024.