In a memo<\/a> from Larry Hailsham Jr., Executive Director of the PA Dems, he wrote the \u201cGovernor\u2019s leadership and our Party\u2019s close coordination and partnership with campaigns and organizations across the Commonwealth are critical to the success of Rise Up Pennsylvania and are putting Democrats in a position to win everywhere this November.<\/p>\n\u201cAs we look ahead to this November\u2019s general elections, Republicans across the Commonwealth have put their loyalty to a chaotic, corrupt, and cost-raising agenda ahead of the needs of Pennsylvanians \u2014 and they will be held accountable for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
While national Democrats are targeting four swing-district congressional races in Bucks County (PA-01), the Lehigh Valley (PA-07), NEPA (PA-08), and the Capital Region (PA-10), state Democrats are also focused on increasing their one-seat majority in the state House as well as flipping the Pennsylvania Senate and giving the party a \u201ctrifecta\u201d for the first time in 33 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are building a Pennsylvania Democratic Party that is ready to meet the challenge,\u201d said chair Eugene DePasquale on social media. \u201cWe\u2019re talking to voters early across Pennsylvania at an unprecedented scale and are ready to deliver wins up and down the ballot this November.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, Shapiro has a 13-point advantage over Republican challenger Stacy Garrity as he vies for a second term. If he can cross the finish line with a larger margin, combined with assists on Democratic victories outlined above, he will burnish his growing reputation and provide a boost for an expected bid for the White House in 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Gov. Shapiro can have a good night in November on the down-ballot \u2026 it\u2019s going to be a very strong proof point,\u201d said\u00a0Larry Ceisler, a\u00a0Philadelphia-based public affairs executive. \u201cIf you look at the other people being talked about as potentially running for president, nobody is really in a state like Pennsylvania and has this many competitive seats.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Republicans were not impressed by the actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cHappy to hear that Shapiro is sharing the tainted millions he received from Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s close associate, Reid Hoffman, and George Soros with other Democrats in Pennsylvania,\u201d said Republican Party of Pennsylvania spokesperson James Markley. \u201cThis must have been what he was doing instead of planning to represent Pennsylvania at the Great American State Fair, or getting a budget passed on time.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day it becomes more obvious that Shapiro doesn\u2019t care about Pennsylvanians. From using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment lawsuits to using taxpayer dollars to upgrade his private home, Josh Shapiro has only ever cared about himself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is getting a huge boost from its leader \u2013 Gov. Josh Shapiro. The governor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-245989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245989","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=245989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}