Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity will face each other in November after ...

Ajouté : 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]MEDICAL CENTER, AND POLICE SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

[00:00:04]BACK TO COMMITMENT COVERAGE NOW IN THE STATE IS OFFICIALLY SET FOR THE RACE THAT WILL TOP PENNSYLVANIA’S BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER.

[00:00:11]THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR, THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT JOSH SHAPIRO, WILL GO UP AGAINST REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER STACY GARRITY, 8 ON YOUR SIDE POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING BOTH CAMPAIGNS CLOSELY AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG TONIGHT.

[00:00:24]TOM.

[00:00:25]YEAH, JERRY, NOT A LOT OF SURPRISES HERE TONIGHT.

[00:00:29]BOTH OF THOSE CANDIDATES WERE THE PRESUMED NOMINEES SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED.

[00:00:33]BUT TONIGHT SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF FOR WHAT’S GOING TO BE A HIGHLY WATCHED CONTEST ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

[00:00:43]SHAPIRO WAS IN BUCKS COUNTY TONIGHT DOING A VICTORY SPEECH OF SORTS.

[00:00:47]HE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, A LOT, FRANKLY, ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BLAMING HIM FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES AS WELL AS HEALTH CARE COSTS.

[00:00:56]WE ARE HERE TONIGHT.

[00:00:58]ALL OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE WE CHOOSE NOT TO BE CAPTIVE TO THE CHAOS.

[00:01:05]WE CHOOSE NOT TO BE PART OF THE CRUELTY.

[00:01:09]WE CHOOSE NOT TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE CORRUPTION.

[00:01:13]WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PUSH BACK, TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO RECLAIM OUR POWER AND TO STAND TOGETHER IN COMMON PURPOSE.

[00:01:25]THE PENNSYLVANIA WAY.

[00:01:26]SHAPIRO WILL FACE STACEY GARRITY, THE REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER, IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

[00:01:31]I SPOKE TO HER OVER ZOOM EARLIER THIS EVENING.

[00:01:33]SHE SAID THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARRISBURG RATHER THAN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

[00:01:40]THAT’S OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT’S BEING USED TO SUE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

[00:01:44]AND SO THINK ABOUT IF YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR THAT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO COOPERATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WE’RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET A LOT MORE INVESTMENT INTO PENNSYLVANIA, A LOT MORE COOPERATION.

[00:01:56]NOW, NEITHER OF THESE CANDIDATES WERE OPPOSED WITH A NAME ON THE BALLOT.

[00:02:02]SO OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS CLEAR SAILING TONIGHT.

[00:02:05]GARRITY IS TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST REPUBLICAN ELECTED GOVERNOR SINCE TOM CORBETT WAY