Pennsylvania — Governor

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports bipartisan budget investments and fiscal compromise

Shapiro highlights his ability to enact bipartisan state budgets that fund core state priorities while creating targeted tax relief like the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit. He stresses delivering concrete legislative results despite governing alongside a divided state legislature.

• Signed bipartisan state budgets funding public education, child care, and law enforcement
• Enacted the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit into law during the 2025 legislative session
• Managed state government operations under a divided legislature to deliver targeted investments

“Even with a divided state legislature — together — we’ve gotten a whole lot done on issues that have been stuck for decades. But there’s always more to do — more people to help, more Pennsylvanians to protect, more bridges to build.”

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Advocates full transparency and cutting state waste

Garrity prioritizes government transparency and fiscal accountability, pointing to her record revamping the state Treasury's transparency portal. She stresses her track record of identifying overpayments, eliminating taxpayer fraud, and serving as an aggressive fiscal watchdog.

• Revamped the Pennsylvania Treasury transparency portal to enable citizens to track state spending online
• Identified overpayments and duplicate payments to save taxpayers nearly $50 million annually
• Pledged to bring strict ethics, cost elimination, and full government transparency to the governor's office

“Transparency is the foundation of our democracy. Taxpayers have a right to know how state government functions and how it spends their tax dollars. There is no excuse for anything less than 100 percent transparency.”

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy

Shapiro supports an 'all-of-the-above' energy approach designed to balance economic growth and energy production. Polling indicates broad voter support for his approach to state energy development.

• Pursues an all-of-the-above state energy strategy balancing traditional energy industries and clean energy development

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Opposes RGGI tax and ESG mandates

Garrity actively opposes Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), calling it an illegal regulation that will drive up energy prices and destroy jobs. She has also co-signed multi-state treasurer efforts opposing ESG investment mandates and federal pressure on banks to limit funding for fossil fuel energy companies.

• Supported litigation blocking Pennsylvania's entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Co-signed letters opposing federal efforts to discourage bank lending to coal, oil, and natural gas companies
• Opposed Federal Reserve nominations over concerns regarding climate policy restrictions on traditional energy firms

“RGGI is a massive, illegal tax disguised as a regulation. If it’s allowed to be implemented, energy prices for every Pennsylvanian will skyrocket – and thousands of our good, family-sustaining jobs will be lost.”

“This nominee is a risk to reliable energy companies and the millions of people who are employed by them here in Pennsylvania and across the country.”

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports targeted tax credits and utility price intervention

Shapiro focuses on direct cost-of-living relief, including enacting the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit and intervening against utility price hikes. His administration prevented PECO from proposing utility rate increases, saving southeastern Pennsylvania consumers $510 million.

• Signed the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit into law during the 2025 legislative session
• Demanded utility company PECO withdraw a proposed rate increase, saving 1.7 million consumers $510 million
• Secured expanded child care financial support for families in state budget agreements

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Opposes state tax increases

Garrity centers her economic platform on protecting Pennsylvanians from higher taxes and state overspending. She promises to lead as a governor focused on raising hope rather than raising taxes on working families.

• Pledged to oppose state tax increases on Pennsylvania residents and businesses
• Emphasizes state fiscal discipline and elimination of waste to relieve pressure on family budgets

“Stacy Garrity will be a Governor more interested in raising hope, than raising our taxes.”

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports historic public school and vo-tech funding

Shapiro signed the largest year-over-year increase in public school funding in Pennsylvania history. He expanded state funding for vocational-technical and career education by 60% and renewed funding for universal free school breakfasts.

• Enacted the largest year-over-year public school funding increase in state history in 2024
• Increased state funding for vocational-technical, career, and technical education by 60%
• Renewed and secured funding for universal free school breakfasts across Pennsylvania public schools

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Supports managing and protecting college savings plans

Garrity highlights her leadership overseeing Pennsylvania's 529 College & Career Savings Program as State Treasurer. She worked to reduce administrative fees and save account holders nearly $17 million.

• Managed the PA 529 College & Career Savings Program to assist families saving for higher education and vocational training
• Reduced administrative fees on PA 529 accounts to save account holders nearly $17 million

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Expands insurance mandates and family child care

Shapiro signed bipartisan legislation expanding health insurance coverage requirements for breast cancer screenings. He also secured state budget funding for family child care support.

• Signed legislation expanding health insurance coverage requirements for breast cancer screenings
• Secured state funding for family child care support in the 2026-27 state budget

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Supports protecting healthcare benefits and disability savings

Garrity supports protecting healthcare and welfare benefits for vulnerable populations. As Treasurer, she spearheaded the PA ABLE Savings Program and served as national chair of the ABLE Savings Plans Network to support financial independence for individuals with disabilities.

• Supports protecting healthcare and welfare benefits for vulnerable citizens in coordination with federal policies
• Chaired the national ABLE Savings Plans Network to expand tax-advantaged savings options for individuals with disabilities

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports automatic voter registration and mail voting

Shapiro implemented automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation centers. He has consistently campaigned on using his gubernatorial veto power to block legislative efforts by the Republican majority to restrict absentee or mail-in voting.

• Implemented automatic voter registration through PennDOT centers statewide
• Committed to vetoing legislative proposals that restrict absentee or mail-in voting access

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Protects abortion access via gubernatorial veto

Shapiro made defending abortion access a centerpiece of his executive platform, pledging to use his gubernatorial veto power to block any anti-abortion legislation passed by the Republican-led General Assembly.

• Pledged to use gubernatorial veto power to block any abortion restrictions passed by the state legislature

R Republican Stacy Garrity

Supports veterans through service and returning military honors

Garrity leverages her 30-year U.S. Army Reserve career, including three overseas deployments and two Bronze Stars, as a foundational element of her executive candidacy. As Treasurer, she prioritized returning lost military decorations, including Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars, to veterans and their families.

• Served 30 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as a colonel after deployments in Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom
• Returned over 450 military decorations—including 11 Purple Hearts and 3 Bronze Stars—from the state Treasury vault to veterans or their surviving families

D Democratic Josh Shapiro

Supports state trooper funding and crime victims' rights

Shapiro secured increased state budget funding to recruit and train additional Pennsylvania State Troopers. He also supported constitutional protections for crime victims, backing the Marsy's Law amendment.

• Secured state budget funding for additional Pennsylvania State Trooper positions
• Supported the Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment during his tenure as Attorney General