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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]
Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023. [1] He previously served as chairman and CEO of his business, The Wolf Organization, and later as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from April 2007 to November 2008.
Joshua David Shapiro [7] was born on June 20, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri. [8] He spent a few years of his childhood on a United States Navy base where his father, Steven Shapiro, served as a medical officer, [9] before the family moved to Dresher, Pennsylvania, a community in Upper Dublin Township in Montgomery County. [10]
U.S. President Joe Biden is greeted by Governor Josh Shapiro upon arrival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 11, 2023. ... Shapiro said before his bid for Pa. governor in 2021 it was ...
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Corbett was elected Governor of Pennsylvania when he defeated Democratic nominee Dan Onorato in the 2010 general election. He was the second Pennsylvania attorney general to win the state's highest office. Corbett lost his bid for a second term to Democrat Tom Wolf in the 2014 general election.
Shapiro earned reelection in 2006, 2008 and 2010 before winning election to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2011, marking the first time Republicans lost control of the county’s ...
Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections were held triennially beginning with the first election in 1790 until 1878. Gubernatorial elections have been held quadrennially since the election of 1882. Gubernatorial general elections are held on Election Day , coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.