{"id":198569,"date":"2026-05-21T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:03:09","slug":"josh-shapiro-to-face-stacy-garrity-after-uncontested-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/198569\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shapiro to face Stacy Garrity after uncontested primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stage is officially set for Josh Shapiro,<\/a> Pennsylvania\u2019s Jewish governor, to vie for reelection against GOP opponent Stacy Garrity in November.<\/p>\n

The matchup comes as no surprise, as the two candidates won their respective primaries uncontested on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Shapiro is seen as the strong favorite to win. But Garrity, who is popular among Republicans and endorsed by Donald Trump<\/a>, could mount a competitive challenge. She became the only person to earn more votes than Shapiro in Pennsylvania history when she was reelected as state treasurer in 2024.<\/p>\n

The matchup could pose a hurdle for Shapiro\u2019s potential 2028 presidential ambitions even if Garrity loses in November. A hard-fought race in a purple state will allow Republicans<\/a> to test attack strategies against Shapiro.<\/p>\n

Shapiro is a pro-Israel Democrat in a party where supporting Israel is an increasing liability. Garrity, too, has gone to bat for Israel. As state treasurer, she has more than tripled Pennsylvania\u2019s investment in Israel bonds. She invested $20 million following Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and another $25 million in July 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael is our greatest ally in the Middle East, and I will continue to stand by them in their fight to achieve peace,\u201d Garrity said when announcing the $25 million investment last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael bonds are a smart, dependable investment with a proven track record, and it\u2019s especially important to show our support at a time when Israelis and Jews, both abroad and here in the United States, continue to face horrific acts of antisemitism,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019m proud to announce this significant new investment, continuing the strong relationship between Pennsylvania, Israel, and the Jewish Community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrity is embracing her endorsement from Trump, whom she has said she believes won in her state and nationally in 2020, when Joe Biden prevailed.<\/p>\n

Garrity\u2019s early attacks on Shapiro have implicated his record on Jewish issues. Last year, she took a shot at Shapiro in response to an article by politically conservative website Washington Free Beacon. In the story, a group of Philadelphia parents said Shapiro had \u201ccompletely ignored\u201d their pleas for help addressing antisemitism in public schools during the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Josh Shapiro understands the evils of antisemitism; he\u2019s lived it,\u201d Garrity wrote on X\/Twitter. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s painful to see him turn away from Jewish parents begging for help as their kids face N*zi<\/a> salutes and teachers praising Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shapiro\u2019s team denied that the governor had neglected parental concerns. He is widely regarded as being outspoken against antisemitism and has maintained a pro-Israel outlook that includes support for US military aid to Israel. The man who confessed to committing an arson attack on Shapiro\u2019s residence in 2025 said he thought Shapiro was contributing to violence against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stage is officially set for Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania\u2019s Jewish governor, to vie for reelection against GOP opponent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16062,34,4360,33,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-198569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-antisemitism","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}