Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

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The head of Pennsylvania's state government. The governor proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills, runs state agencies, and appoints many officials. A term is four years, and a governor can serve two terms in a row. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together with one vote. source: ballotpedia.org

Josh Shapiro (Democrat) is governor today and is running for a second term. Governor and lieutenant governor run together as one ticket: one vote counts for both.

Running mates: Josh Shapiro with Austin Davis; Stacy Garrity with Jason Richey; Ken Krawchuk with John Thomas.

Josh Shapiro DemocraticGovernor
Stacy Garrity RepublicanState treasurer; retired Army Reserve colonel
Ken Krawchuk LibertarianIT consultant

Candidates in the order the Pennsylvania Department of State (vote.pa.gov) lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order. By state law, candidates in the same party as the current governor are listed first.