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The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard. [2]The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, [3] as well as to convene the legislature. [4]
The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican state senator Doug Mastriano to win his first term in office.
Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 48th governor of Pennsylvania.A member of the Democratic Party, he was the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 and was on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
Pennsylvania's incoming Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, announced Thursday that he is tapping a Republican who stood up to Donald Trump after the 2020 election to be the state's top elections ...
[2] [3] In the event of a vacancy, the governor is succeeded by the second-highest-ranking state official; in 45 states and 4 territories, the lieutenant governor is the first in the line of succession. [4] [5] As of January 8, 2024, there are 27 states with Republican governors and 23 states with Democratic governors.
After an uncontested primary, Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race is down to two major party candidates: three-term Democratic incumbent Bob Casey, and Republican David McCormick.
Following the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania lost one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a result, starting with the general election of 2022, Pennsylvania sent 17 members to the house, and beginning with the general election of 2024 will have 19 electoral votes.
Doug Mastriano won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor on Tuesday, beating eight other candidates and a party establishment that had tried to head off his nomination over fears ...