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Shapiro faces mounting pressure to opt Pennsylvania into federal education tax credits
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Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who was Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023 and has been governor since 2023, is seeking a second term against Republican Stacy Garrity.
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Shapiro-Garrity PA Gubernatorial Race: What To Know
PENNSYLVANIA: With the state's gubernatorial election rapidly nearing, voters on Nov. 3 will face a choice between Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Republican opponent, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity.
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Pennsylvania secures $4 billion in investments, governor says
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said on Thursday the state had secured more than $4 billion in life sciences and private-sector investment commitments
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“Trump Won’t Break Us!” Josh Shapiro Sends Defiant Message as Political Tensions Escalate
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro delivers a defiant message aimed at Donald Trump, declaring that Americans will not allow the president to take away their hope and optimism.
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Data center development divides candidates and communities
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing stricter data-center permitting rules, insisting developers must fund their own power needs, protect air and water, and win local community support before state review.
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Where Garrity, Shapiro stand on taxes, spending, skill games and more
The article compares Governor Josh Shapiro (D) and Republican Stacy Garrity (state Treasurer) on taxes, spending, and other policy ideas ahead of Pennsylvania’s governor election.
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Pa. election 2026: Where Garrity, Shapiro stand on ICE detention and other immigration issues
Garrity advocates cooperation between Pennsylvanians, public officials, and ICE, and has not definitively stated how she would handle ICE detention centers.
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Where Garrity, Shapiro stand on ICE detention and other immigration issues
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Shapiro Administration Kicks-Off First Annual College, University Flu Challenge Encouraging Pennsylvanians to Get Updated Flu and COVID Shots for Protection During Respiratory Virus Season | Department of Health
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is advancing public health with a focus on vaccines.
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- Born
- June 20, 1973
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Education
- Akiba Hebrew Academy
University of Rochester (political science, 1995)
Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, 2002)
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Background
Joshua David Shapiro was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 20, 1973, and after some early years on a U.S. Navy base, where his father served as a medical officer, he grew up in Dresher, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
He attended Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion Station, graduated from the University of Rochester in 1995 with a major in political science, and earned his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center, finishing in 2002.
In Washington he worked for U.S. Representative Peter Deutsch, Senator Carl Levin and Senator Robert Torricelli, and from 1999 to 2003 served as U.S. Representative Joe Hoeffel's chief of staff.
Career
In 2004 Shapiro defeated Jon D. Fox, a Republican former congressman, to win the 153rd district seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and held it from 2005 to 2012, serving for a time as deputy speaker.
Montgomery County voters elected him to the Board of Commissioners in 2011, an election in which Republicans lost control of the board for the first time, and chaired it; in 2015 Governor Tom Wolf named him chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Shapiro won the 2016 race for Pennsylvania attorney general with 51.3% of the vote over Republican John Rafferty Jr., and in 2020 he won a second term over Heather Heidelbaugh.
As attorney general he released a statewide grand jury report in August 2018 on child abuse by Catholic clergy and its cover-up by church leaders, and he helped secure $1 billion for Pennsylvania in a national opioid settlement.
Unopposed in the 2022 Democratic primary for governor, he defeated Republican Doug Mastriano with 56.5% of the vote and took office in 2023 as the 48th governor. Shapiro and his family escaped an arson attack on the governor's residence in April 2025, hours after hosting a Passover Seder.
2026 race
Shapiro is running for a second term as governor of Pennsylvania. He and his Republican opponent, state treasurer Stacy Garrity, both won their party nominations unopposed in the primaries held on May 19, 2026. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.