Member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
In office January 3, 2012 – January 17, 2017
Preceded by
Joe Hoeffel
Succeeded by
Kenneth Lawrence
Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
In office 2012–2016
Preceded by
Jim Matthews
Succeeded by
Val Arkoosh
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 153rd district
In office January 4, 2005 – January 3, 2012
Preceded by
Ellen Bard
Succeeded by
Madeleine Dean
Personal details
Born
(1973-06-20) June 20, 1973 (age 50) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Lori Ferrara
(m. 1997)
Children
4
Residence
Governor's Residence
Education
University of Rochester (BA) Georgetown University (JD)
Signature
Website
Government website
Joshua David Shapiro[1] (born June 20, 1973[2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023 and as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
Raised in Montgomery County, Shapiro studied political science at the University of Rochester and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University. After that he worked as a senior adviser to Senator Robert Torricelli. Shapiro was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2004, defeating former Republican U.S. representative Jon D. Fox. He represented the 153rd district from 2005 to 2012. Shapiro was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2011, marking the first time Republicans lost control of Montgomery County. Serving on the board from 2011 to 2017, he held the position of chairman, and in 2015 was also appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency by Governor Tom Wolf.
Shapiro ran for Pennsylvania attorney general in 2016, defeating Republican John Rafferty Jr., and was reelected in 2020. As attorney general, he released the findings of a statewide grand jury report that revealed the abuse of children by priests and coverup by church leaders; he also helped negotiate $1 billion for Pennsylvania as part of a national opioid settlement.
Shapiro ran for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 election. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Doug Mastriano in the general election by a 14.8 percent margin.
^"Joshua D. Shapiro". Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^"Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro biography". WGAL. January 17, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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