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Joshua David Shapiro [1] (born June 20, 1973 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023 and as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
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 next gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. The list below contains election returns from all sixty-seven gubernatorial elections in Pennsylvania sorted by year, beginning with the first in 1790 and ending with the most recent in 2022. Incumbent governors are listed as well as elected governors ...
2016 Pennsylvania elections. A general election was held in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2016. [1] [2] Pennsylvania certified Trump's state victory on December 12, 2016. [2]
Tom Wolf. 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.
t. e. Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 3, 2015, to fill judicial positions (including three seats on the Supreme Court ), to fill a vacancy in the Pennsylvania State Senate, to allow judicial retention votes, and to fill numerous county, local and municipal offices. The necessary primary elections were held on May 19, 2015.
Tom Corbett. Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr. [1] (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician, lobbyist, and former prosecutor who served as the 46th governor of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he was also attorney general of Pennsylvania . Born in Philadelphia, Corbett is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and ...
v. t. e. The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2016 took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a new Pennsylvania Attorney General. Democratic incumbent Kathleen Kane originally indicated her intention to seek re-election, but dropped out after she was criminally charged with violating grand jury secrecy laws stemming from alleged leaks ...