Josh Shapiro

Raised in Dresher, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Joshua David Shapiro attended high school at Akiba Hebrew Academy, now known as Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. He went on to study political science at the University of Rochester. After graduating from college, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as a legislative assistant to Senator Carl Levin and then as a senior adviser to Congressman Peter Deutsch and Senator Robert Torricelli. From 1999 to 2003, he worked as chief of staff to Congressman Joe Hoeffel. While in DC, he earned his law degree from Georgetown University.

Before his election as governor of Pennsylvania in 2022, he served in these elected positions:

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
He represented the 153rd district from 2005 to 2012, building a reputation as a consensus builder, who was willing to work across the aisle on a bipartisan basis.

Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Serving on the board from 2011 to 2017, he held the position of chairman and in 2015 he was also appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency by Governor Tom Wolf.

Pennsylvania Attorney General
Shapiro was elected Pennsylvania attorney general in 2016 and was re-elected in 2020. As attorney general, he released the findings of a statewide grand jury report that revealed the abuse of children by priests and cover-up by church leaders. In 2019, Shapiro negotiated an agreement between Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to ensure that 2 million Pennsylvanians continue to have access to healthcare.

In 2021, Shapiro announced his candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He defeated Republican Doug Mastriano in the general election.