Josh Shapiro

Democratic · Governor of Pennsylvania · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
Background: State legislator · Attorney

First race on record: 2004
Age: 53
Races: Won 5 of 5

Spectrum

Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.

Method and limits

Published score −0.854 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 44,587 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

Now

Governor of Pennsylvania · Tue, Nov 3
Stacy Lorraine Garrity RepublicanKenneth V Krawchuk LibertarianJosh Shapiro Democratic (inc.)
Newest poll
Shapiro 61.5, Garrity 38.5 · ActiVote, Oct 21, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub

Career

Year	Race	Result	Share
2022	Governor, PA	Won	56.5%
2010	State House, PA	Won	70.1%
2008	State House, PA	Won	100%
2006	State House, PA	Won	76%
2004	State House, PA	Won	54.3%

Filed with the FEC, no race in our files: 2016 Attorney General, PA.

Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.

More about Josh Shapiro

Offices held (5 terms and offices)

Governor, Pennsylvania
State House, Pennsylvania
State House, Pennsylvania
State House, Pennsylvania
State House, Pennsylvania

Background

State legislator
Attorney

Sources: Campaign site, Wikidata

Sources (8 sources)

Ballot listing, pavoterservices.pa.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
Wikidata SPARQL (governor position holders, party)
Who holds the seat: name, party, start date. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the Wikidata community (not an official source; to be cross-checked against official governor pages) from official returns. Not an official source.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld governor returns (web/data/results/governor); upstream sources are listed in web/data/sources.json
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.

Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
First win in our records: Governor PA, 2022-11-08. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

Not available for Josh Shapiro: state campaign finance, state voting records.

DataSources: DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits