Josh Shapiro
Governor of Pennsylvania — currently serving. Party, term history, and sourced provenance. Sections fill in as records land.
Terms
- Governor of Pennsylvania Democratic Current
Background
- background Born June 20, 1973, Kansas City, Missouri; raised Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; University of Rochester; Georgetown University JD; lawyer; Democrat.
- achievement Pennsylvania House (2005–2012, 153rd); defeated Republican Jon D. Fox (2004); Montgomery County Board (2011–2017); ended Republican control.
- achievement Attorney General Pennsylvania (2017–2023); elected 2016 defeating Rafferty; reelected 2020; released grand jury Catholic priest abuse findings.
- achievement Negotiated $1 billion Pennsylvania opioid settlement as attorney general; appointed chairman PA Commission Crime and Delinquency (2015).
- achievement 48th Governor Pennsylvania (2023–present); 2022 unopposed Democratic primary; defeated Republican Doug Mastriano in landslide.
- controversy April 2025 survived arson attack at governor's mansion with family hours after Passover Seder.
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