Shapiro trailed in polling during the beginning of the race, but knocked on 10,000 doors and ran a campaign centered around increasing education funding and better access to health care. Shapiro was born on June 20, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri, to a father serving in the Navy, and was raised in Dresher, a part of Upper Dublin Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He first met his wife Lori in ninth grade as they both attended Akiba Hebrew Academy, now Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, then in Merion Station. It included testimony by more than 1,000 victims. Josh married his wife, Lori, on May 25, 1997. On Monday, Shapiro and his family visited the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life in Harrisburg to take part in volunteering activities to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As the count has progressed, Trump has called for the tabulation to stop and threatened legal action to prevent cast ballots from being counted. [66] On the issue of vocational training, Shapiro has proposed increasing career and technical training in high schools, tripling state funding for apprenticeships and union skills programs, and creating a Pennsylvania office of workforce development. candidate Shapiro is skeptical of RGGI. . By Allan Smith Democrat Josh Shapiro defeated far-right Republican Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governor's race on Tuesday, NBC News projected, providing Democrats with a significant. The most important thing from my perspective right now is that we get an accurate count, that we count all the ballots thats required by law and that the will of the people is respected, he said in a CNN appearance on Wednesday. [8] Castor, the only Republican member of the board during Shapiro's tenure, praised Shapiro's work, calling him "the best county commissioner I ever knew" and "very good at arriving at consensus. They noted that Shapiros resounding victory in the race for governor against his Republican rival, State Sen. Doug Mastriano a Christian nationalist who has, on the campaign trail was both historic and emotional for Jewish Pennsylvanians. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2004, defeating former Republican U.S. representative Jon D. Fox. From 2006 through 2017, Shapiro also practiced corporate law at the firm Stradley, Ronon, Stevens, and Young in Philadelphia. Protests have erupted in Pennsylvania and nationwide around the vote counting, which is also still occurring in a handful of other battleground states. It prompted similar investigations in other states into the Catholic Church, such as an inquiry launched by then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Lori and Josh Shapiro met in high school and quickly hit it off. Milton Jerrold Shapp, who served from 1971 to 1979. because he was worried about facing antisemitism. Shapiro trailed in polling during the beginning of the race, but knocked on 10,000 doors and ran a campaign centered around increasing education funding and better access to health care. Shapiro met his wife, Lori, at what was then called Akiba Hebrew Academy in Marion, Pa., but is now Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pa., said Glanzberg-Krainin. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 5:05 a.m. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro's wife Lori (shown here behind him) plays a behind-the-scenes role in his campaign while keeping a stable. He won the Democratic nomination on May 17May 17, 2022. Before Shapiro took office in 2016, the Pennsylvania Attorneys General office launched an investigation of allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church. Voters electing a new governor of Pennsylvania will choose between Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano, with the future of abortion rights on the line . Ome leftists criticized Shapiros campaign because he supported the death penalty for egregious crimes, his public feuds with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, and his engagement with police unions. He attended high school at Akiba Hebrew Academy, now known as Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, and then was located in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Shapiro announced an opioid settlement in 2021 with Johnson & Johnson and three other U.S. pharmaceutical distributors that resulted in Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion. In race rife with antisemitism, Josh Shapiro becomes Pennsylvanias next governor, , a social media platform for far-right extremists and an echo chamber for antisemitic tropes. During his tenure, the board of commissioners implemented zero-based budgeting and shifted county pension investments from hedge funds to index funds. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Chris Fitzgerald was a devoted public servant who was proud to be a police officer and set an example in the community he patrolled, Gov. [22], In April 2015, Governor Tom Wolf named Shapiro the Chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. "Officer Christopher Fitzgerald's senseless death has touched us all," Shapiro said, adding that Fitzgerald was a "true public servant. Shapiro also played basketball for the school, then known as Akiba. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023. His former history teacher told JTA that Shapiro was an excellent basketball player by Akiba standards. (He was later cut by his Division III college team at the University of Rochester.). He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Doug Mastriano in the general election by a 14.8% margin. Shapiro is the Democratic Partys candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. He was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2011, marking the first time Republicans lost control of Montgomery County. "To Joel, Pauline, Marissa, and your children. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Former City Councilmember Allan Domb, a Democrat running for mayor of Philadelphia, said hes looking forward to hosting the new governor at the kosher-style delicatessen he owns, Schlesingers, for a beef or pastrami sandwich. Why didnt his obituaries say so? A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023. [30] All the charges in Operation Outfoxed were dismissed after allegations that Shapiro had mishandled the sealing of wiretapped recordings. He received 3,461,472 votes, the most of any candidate in Pennsylvania history, and outran Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election. Shapiro, at age 49, is the state's first Generation X governor, and the youngest person to hold the office since former Gov. As a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, he built a reputation as a consensus builder, who was willing to work across the aisle on a bipartisan basis. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Attorney General Josh Shapiro (@joshshapiropa) Shapiros campaign claimed $13.4 million in campaign funds, a record for a candidate election year. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs. It's unclear if AG Shapiro will do something about it", "Democrat Josh Shapiro Defects on School Choice", "With gas prices over $4, Shapiro promises a gas rebate if elected Pennsylvania's governor", "Shapiro pledges boost in PA jobs skills training, vo-tech programs if elected PA governor", "Shapiro proposes plan to improve PA workforce as Governor", "Did Pennsylvania Gov. In January 2022, Shapiros campaign reported it had $13.4 million in campaign funds, which was described as a record amount for a candidate in an election year. Josh Shapiro net worth is estimated at around $5 million. What it does, it motivates me to serve., Josh Shapiro to be sworn in as Pennsylvania governor on Bible that survived Tree of Life attack, Shapiro, a practicing Conservative Jew who keeps kosher, said he will be posting mezuzahs and keep a kosher kitchen in the governors mansion that will be overseen by his wife Lori. My wife Lori and I, our first lady and I are privileged to be in your presence and humbled that you've asked me to honor the memory of your son, your husband, your father.". Shapiro joined several other state attorneys general in opposing President Donald Trumps travel ban, and also sued Trump and the Roman Catholic organization Little Sisters of the Poor to block the implementation of a rule that would have made it easier for employers to deny health insurance coverage of contraceptives. In an interview ahead of the inauguration, Shapiro said the Bibles symbolize how his Jewish faith has and will continue to guide him as he commits to bei, ng a good governor for Pennsylvanians. As governor, I'd be in a policymaking role, together with the Legislature and I thought it was important when asked to state my position unequivocally that I would sign legislation to abolish the death penalty. in a Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. In April 2015, Governor Tom Wolf named Shapiro the Chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Shapiro was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2011, marking the first time Republicans lost control of Montgomery County. Wearing a T-shirt that featured the word giant on the back, Shapiro, Jewish supporters celebrated the occasion on the eve of the inauguration at a cocktail party at the Crowne Plaza in Harrisburg. Please enter valid email address to continue. The Pennsylvania Democratic Committee unanimously backed him in January 2022. 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Multiple defendants pleaded guilty. The notion this is just something that happened a long time ago, and that we need to move on, is exactly the wrong response, he told The New York Times at the time. [11], After graduating from Rochester, Shapiro moved to Washington, D.C. Josh Shapiro is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since January 17, 2023. In 2021, Shapiro announced his candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 election. [65], Shapiro has proposed a plan that will allow for a $250 gas tax refund per personal passenger vehicle up to four vehicles per household. The ad was seen as an "endorsement" of the Republican candidate Shapiro would want to face in the general election, with Mastriano seen as too extreme for swing voters to elect. ", "He wanted to make our city safe for everyone, he wanted to ensure that every kid had a chance. 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