Governor

In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories. Governors are responsible for implementing state laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As state leaders, governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools, among them executive orders, executive budgets, and legislative proposals and vetoes. Governors carry out their management and leadership responsibilities and objectives with the support and assistance of department and agency heads, many of whom they are empowered to appoint. A majority of governors have the authority to appoint state court judges as well.

Democrat

Josh Shapiro

Josh Shapiro (Incumbent)

Josh Shapiro has served as Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, as a state representative and as chairman of the Montgomery County Commissioners. Elected as Attorney General in 2016 and re-elected in 2020, Shapiro has worked to address the opioid epidemic by leading a multi-state investigation into pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors and suing the companies and their CEOs who knowingly perpetuated the crisis. In 2018, Shapiro released a report on the 2-year investigation on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, identifying 301 predator priests and thousands of victims and spurring investigations across the US. In conjunction with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials, he arrested thousands of drug dealers while getting illegal guns off the streets. Shapiro has protected healthcare access for 2 million residents and has repeatedly gone to court to defend reproductive rights and a woman’s right to choose.

During the 2020 presidential election, Shapiro protected the right to vote and defended Pennsylvania’s election result, winning in court dozens of times before and after Election Day.

Shapiro became governor of Pennsylvania on January 17, 2023, when he was sworn in as the state's 48th governor.

Endorsements:

  • PA Democratic Party

  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Pennsylvania

  • Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

  • Jewish Democratic Council of America

  • Michael Bloomberg

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