Josh Shapiro
Liberal
Democrat
Governor
Pennsylvania
Current Position: Governor of Pennsylvania
Running For: Governor
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For state pension fund reform; pledged to decrease power of outside investment contractors over pension funds
Business & Labor
- For raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour
- For corporate tax cuts; supports reducing Pennsylvania's corporate tax rate from 8.99% to 4.99% by 2026
- Against 'right to work' legislation; supports unions and would veto such legislation
Health Care
- Against mask and vaccine mandates; opposes COVID-19 mandates and prefers public education about vaccine efficacy
Education
- For school choice vouchers; initially supported $200 million Lifeline Scholarship bill for education savings accounts
- For eliminating college degree requirements for 92% of state government jobs
Environment
- Against Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; supports protecting abortion access and would veto bills restricting or outlawing abortion
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For automatic voter registration when receiving driver's licenses
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; supports cutting state ties with entities that boycott Israel and called BDS 'rooted in antisemitism'
- Against Benjamin Netanyahu; called him 'a terrible leader' and 'one of the worst leaders of all time'
- For a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Against Trump's Gaza ownership proposal; called it 'unserious' and 'illegal on its face under international law'
Public Safety
- Against the death penalty; opposes capital punishment and would sign legislation to abolish it
- For recreational cannabis legalization for adults
- For pardoning those convicted for possession of small amounts of marijuana
- For hiring 2,000 additional police officers across Pennsylvania
- For restricting parole violations; signed bipartisan bill to limit activities considered parole violations