{"id":98518,"date":"2026-01-28T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98518\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:26:09","slug":"trump-endorses-garrity-for-pennsylvania-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98518\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Garrity for Pennsylvania governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

(WHTM) \u2014 President Donald Trump endorsed Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity in her bid for governor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump made the endorsement in a social media post on Tuesday, in which he praised Garrity\u2019s business experience and military service, calling her a \u201ctrue America First Patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He added, \u201cStacy Garrity has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Governor of Pennsylvania \u2013 SHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!\u201d<\/p>\n

Garrity, who the Republican Party of Pennsylvania already endorsed<\/a>, pledged to work with the Trump administration if elected. She currently faces no opposition in the party\u2019s May primary election and is likely to face incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D) in the November general election.<\/p>\n

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In a statement, Garrity said she was honored to receive Trump\u2019s endorsement and praised him for being the first Republican candidate for president in 28 years to win the state, crediting his message for working Americans and economic policies. She also focused on Shapiro.<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh Shapiro is President Trump\u2019s number one adversary, and I am looking forward to working with President Trump and his team to defeat Josh Shapiro this November,\u201d Garrity said.<\/p>\n

A native of Athens, Bradford County, Garrity served in the U.S. Army Reserves as a colonel and is the former vice president of Global Tungsten and Powders Corp.<\/p>\n

She was elected twice as treasurer, receiving more than 3.5 million votes in 2024, the most ever in a statewide election in Pennsylvania. Trump endorsed her then, too.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s previous endorsements in the state, which he won in 2016 and 2024, have not been as successful. He endorsed former State Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York) for governor in the 2018 election, which Wagner lost by more than 800,000 votes. He also endorsed State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams\/Franklin) in his unsuccessful 2022 bid for governor, as well as Mehmet Oz in his failed U.S. Senate bid the same year.<\/p>\n

Trump did endorse Dave McCormick for Senate in an uncontested 2024 Republican primary.<\/p>\n

Garrity has long been a supporter of the president. She\u2019s faced criticism from Democrats for not acknowledging Trump did not win Pennsylvania in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Garrity campaign turns to streaming in race against Shapiro <\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, she suggested that previous election denial statements<\/a> were whimsical comments to the president.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was at a Trump rally, and it\u2019s, you know, those are kind of fun things,\u201d Garrity said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s easy to get caught up in a Trump rally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Democratic Governors Association focused on her closeness with Trump. In a statement shortly after the president made the endorsement, the organization described Garrity as \u201cgoing full MAGA and bear-hugging the accomplishments that have cost Pennsylvanians the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eugene DePasquale, chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, similarly characterized the endorsement, calling Garrity \u201cnothing more than a rubber stamp for Trump\u2019s chaos and higher costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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