Ryan Mackenzie

Ryan Mackenzie and his wife, Chloe, are raising two children alongside their rescue hound, Ruckus, in the Lehigh Valley.¹ His family traces its local roots back nine generations.² He graduated from Parkland High School in 2000, and one of his earlier jobs was in South Whitehall Township's parks and recreation department.³

He earned a finance and international business degree at NYU in 2004 and an MBA at Harvard in 2010.³ Before holding office, he worked at the U.S. Department of Labor and later became policy director for Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry.¹ He has also served on the executive council of the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute.²

He won a Pennsylvania House special election in April 2012 and served in the state legislature through 2024.³ There, he became Republican chair of the Labor and Industry Committee.¹ Now in his first congressional term, he serves on Education and the Workforce, Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security, and chairs the Workforce Protections Subcommittee.¹

His September 2026 bipartisan bill with Jake Auchincloss and other lawmakers would require clearer disclosure of prescription drug costs after rebates, discounts and fees.⁴ His campaign emphasizes affordability, taxpayer protection, public safety and addressing illegal immigration.² He faces Democratic challenger Bob Brooks, a retired Bethlehem firefighter and state union president, in November.⁵⁶