{"id":247327,"date":"2026-07-19T20:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247327\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:31:11","slug":"gov-shapiro-kicks-off-rise-up-pennsylvania-a-campaign-designated-to-boost-democrats-prior-to-the-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247327\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Shapiro kicks off “Rise Up Pennsylvania”, a campaign designated to boost democrats prior to the midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Shapiro launches Rise Up Pennsylvania, a campaign aimed at bolstering Democratic victories in 2026 midterms by focusing on voter engagement and key issues.<\/p>\n

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Saturday launched a coordinated campaign aimed at helping Democrats win state and national offices in the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n

The multimillion-dollar effort, “Rise Up Pennsylvania”, was announced at an event in Dauphin County attended by Shapiro, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Sharif Street and other Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n


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According to organizers, the campaign is designed to elect more Democrats to positions at the state and national levels.<\/p>\n

During the event, Democratic officials encouraged Pennsylvanians to vote in the upcoming election and spoke on issues including labor unions, tax cuts and health care.<\/p>\n

Shapiro said Democrats would push back against policies associated with President Donald Trump and urged voter participation ahead of November.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Pennsylvania, we are going to stand up to Donald Trump\u2019s chaos and cruelty. We will send a resounding message this November that we are better than that and we value our freedoms here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n

Organizers said the campaign will focus on voter engagement and supporting Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Shapiro launches Rise Up Pennsylvania, a campaign aimed at bolstering Democratic victories in 2026 midterms by focusing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-247327","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\/247327","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=247327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}