The race for governor is critical to determining the future of abortion access in Pennsylvania.
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s Democratic attorney general, has won the race for governor of the state, defeating the Donald Trump–endorsed Doug Mastriano.Shapiro’s win means that Pennsylvania will continue to have a divided government, with a Democratic governor and Republican majorities in both of the state’s legislative chambers.
Shapiro, who was elected as attorney general in 2016, focused his campaign on protecting abortion rights, raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour, expanding green energy and union rights, and investing in public schools and law enforcement, among other things. Mastriano ran on issues such as lowering taxes and crime while also taking extreme stances on abortion and denying that President Joe Biden won the last presidential election. After the 2020 results were certified, Mastriano, who was a state senator at the time, held aduring which witnesses aired false claims about mass voter fraud. He also attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, and was outside the US Capitol when Trump supporters stormed the building.
During his campaign, Mastriano, who served in the US Army before holding public office, said that if elected as governor, he would
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