Pennsylvania Democrats elect Josh Shapiro as their nominee for governor.
Source: New York Times
Josh Shapiro, the attorney general of Pennsylvania, won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting up a titanic clash in this fall’s general election, in which the future of abortion access and suffrage will be on voters’ minds. With a Republican-controlled legislature, Pennsylvania is likely to pass sharp abortion restrictions if it elects a G.O.P. governor and the Supreme Court throws out Roe v. Wade as expected.
Mr. Shapiro has vowed to veto such a bill. Republicans in the statehouse who embrace the myth of a stolen 2020 election may also move to ban ballot drop boxes and rescind no-excuse mail voting, which the General Assembly passed with bipartisan support in 2019. Mr. Shapiro has pledged to veto restrictions to mail voting.
Pennsylvania’s governor appoints the secretary of state, who will play a pivotal role in overseeing the 2024 presidential election. Former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims that fraud cost him a win in 2020 in Pennsylvania have radicalized members of the legislature, a majority of whom urged rejecting the state’s electors.
Mr. Shapiro’s victory was called by The Associated Press on Tuesday night. He ran unopposed in the primary and was long the top choice of Democratic leaders in the state. They rallied behind him to try to keep the party’s hold on the office after the retirement in January 2023 of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat who is term-limited. Mr. Shapiro, 49, gained a national profile for successfully fighting multiple lawsuits brought by Trump allies challenging President Biden’s win in the state.
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Ya think? He had no primary challenger!
But congrats!
