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Josh Shapiro
DemocratGovernor of Pennsylvania| Age | 52 (b. 1973-06-20) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2023-01-01 (~3 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White (Ashkenazi Jewish) |
| Religion | Jewish (observant Conservative Jew; keeps kosher and observes Shabbat) |
| Education | B.A. in Political Science, University of Rochester (1995, magna cum laude); J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2002, earned as an evening student) |
| Prior occupation | Attorney; corporate lawyer at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Philadelphia (2006-2017); earlier congressional and Senate staffer (chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel, legislative assistant to Sen. Carl Levin, senior advisor to Sen. Robert Torricelli) |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Marital status | Married — Lori Shapiro (nee Ferrara) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Pending research: languages · notable relatives · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2004 |
| Previous offices | Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (District 153), 2005-2012 · Deputy Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2006) · Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, 2012-2016 (commissioner 2012-2017) · Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 2017-2023 |
| Leadership | Deputy Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2006) · Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners (2012-2016) · Chair, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (2015-2017) |
| Ideology | Described by Wikipedia and media as a centrist Democrat |
| Signature legislation | As Attorney General, released the 2018 grand jury report documenting sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by over 300 Catholic priests in Pennsylvania · Negotiated a roughly $1 billion Pennsylvania share of the national opioid settlement (2021) · As Governor, eliminated the four-year college degree requirement for about 92% of state government jobs · As Governor, implemented automatic voter registration (2023) |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed + (2023)
No holdings recorded yet (from official Financial Disclosure filings).
Top donors: Thomas Hagen (board chair, Erie Indemnity Company) ($500,000) · Greater PA Carpenters PAC ($500,000) · Michael Rubin (founder, Fanatics; co-owner, Philadelphia 76ers) ($250,000) · Karla Jurvetson (Silicon Valley philanthropist) (up to $1,000,000)
Top industries: Labor unions · Lawyers/law firms · Finance/securities and investment
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.