Arizona Governor: Katie Hobbs (D)
Pennsylvania Governor: Josh Shapiro (D)
November 11, 2022
by TWN Staff
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor-elect, has served as the state’s attorney general since 2017.
Raised in Montgomery County, outside of Philadelphia, he studied political science at the University of Rochester and earned his law degree from Georgetown University.
He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2004, defeating former Republican U.S. Rep. Jon Fox. He represented the state’s 153rd district from 2005 to 2012.
Shapiro was then elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2011, and served on the board until his election as attorney general.
He ran unopposed in the 2022 Democratic primary, and in a race considered to have national implications he defeated Republican Doug Mastriano in the general election by a wide margin.
Shapiro has said as governor, he will protect abortion access in Pennsylvania and veto any bill passed by the state Legislature that would outlaw abortion in the Commonwealth.
He also supports cutting the Commonwealth’s nearly 10% corporate tax rate to 4% by 2025.
Shapiro has proposed hiring 2,000 additional police officers across Pennsylvania and is said to favor pardoning those convicted for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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