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cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; padding:4px; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Pennsylvania Governor</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><br /><a href="/File:Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" class="image"><img alt="Seal of Pennsylvania.svg.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/9b/Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png/150px-Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/9b/Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png/225px-Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/9/9b/Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png/300px-Seal_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="365" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>General information</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Office Type:</b>  </td><td align="left">Partisan</td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Office website:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.governor.pa.gov/">Official Link</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Compensation:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">$229,642</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>2025 FY Budget:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="#State_budget">$11,634,000</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Term limits:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/State_executives_with_term_limits" title="State executives with term limits">Two consecutive terms</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Structure</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Length of term:</b>  </td><td align="left"> 4 years</td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Authority:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Article_IV,_Pennsylvania_Constitution" title="Article IV, Pennsylvania Constitution">Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IV, Section 2</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Selection Method:</b>  </td><td align="left">Elected</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Current Officeholder</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px"><div style="text-align:center;"> <p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/200/200/Josh-Shapiro.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" width="150px" /> </p> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Shapiro">Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro</a><br /> Democratic Party<br /> <b>Assumed office:</b> January 17, 2023 </p> </div> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Elections</b></big></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Next election:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2026" title="Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026">November 3, 2026</a></td></tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"><b>Last election:</b>  </td><td align="left"><a href="/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2022" title="Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022">November 8, 2022</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color: blue; padding-top: 0.5em; color:white; font-size:120%;"><big><b>Other Pennsylvania Executive Offices</b></big></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:90%;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Governor</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governor</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Secretary_of_State" title="Pennsylvania Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Attorney General">Attorney General</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Treasurer" title="Pennsylvania Treasurer">Treasurer</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Auditor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Auditor">Auditor</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Secretary_of_Education" title="Pennsylvania Secretary of Education">Superintendent of Education</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture">Agriculture Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Commissioner_of_Insurance" title="Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance">Insurance Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Secretary_of_Conservation_and_Natural_Resources" title="Pennsylvania Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources">Natural Resources Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Secretary_of_Labor_%26_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor & Industry">Labor Commissioner</a> • <a href="/Pennsylvania_Public_Utility_Commission" title="Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission">Public Service Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="float:right; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; ;" class="toclimit-3"> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Current_officer"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Current officer</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Authority"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Authority</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Qualifications"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Qualifications</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Vacancies"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Vacancies</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Duties"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Duties</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Term_limits"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Term limits</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Partisan_composition"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Partisan composition</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#2022"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">2022</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#2018"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">2018</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Full_history"><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">Full history</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">6.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Divisions"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Divisions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#State_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">State budget</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Role_in_state_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Role in state budget</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Governor's_office_budget"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Governor's office budget</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Compensation"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Compensation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#2023"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">2023</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#2022_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">2022</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#2021"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">2021</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#2020"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">2020</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#2019"><span class="tocnumber">9.5</span> <span class="toctext">2019</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#2018_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.6</span> <span class="toctext">2018</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#2017"><span class="tocnumber">9.7</span> <span class="toctext">2017</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#2016"><span class="tocnumber">9.8</span> <span class="toctext">2016</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#2015"><span class="tocnumber">9.9</span> <span class="toctext">2015</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#2014_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.10</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#2013"><span class="tocnumber">9.11</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#2010"><span class="tocnumber">9.12</span> <span class="toctext">2010</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#Historical_officeholders"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Historical officeholders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Partisan_balance_1992-2013"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Partisan balance 1992-2013</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-33"><a href="#SQLI_and_partisanship"><span class="tocnumber">11.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">SQLI and partisanship</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#State_profile"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">State profile</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Presidential_voting_pattern"><span class="tocnumber">12.1</span> <span class="toctext">Presidential voting pattern</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#Pivot_Counties_(2016)"><span class="tocnumber">12.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pivot Counties (2016)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3"><a href="#Pivot_Counties_(2020)"><span class="tocnumber">12.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pivot Counties (2020)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="#Contact_information"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Contact information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">15</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-37"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">16</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div><p>The <b>Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania</b> is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in <a href="/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. The Governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two consecutive terms.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <p>Pennsylvania has a divided government where neither party holds a <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_government_trifectas">trifecta</a>. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and the lower chamber of the state legislature, while the Republican Party controls the upper chamber of the state legislature.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Pennsylvania has a divided government where neither party holds a <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_government_triplexes">triplex</a>. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney general and secretary of state.</p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania State Legislature">Pennsylvania State Legislature</a>, <a href="/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Pennsylvania State Senate</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Current_officer">Current officer</span></h2> <p>The 48th and current governor is <a href="/Josh_Shapiro" title="Josh Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a>, a <a href="/Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrat">Democrat</a> elected in 2022. Shapiro began his first term in office on January 17, 2023, succeeding <a href="/Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrat">Democrat</a> <a href="/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Authority">Authority</span></h2> <p>The <a href="/Pennsylvania_Constitution" title="Pennsylvania Constitution">state Constitution</a> addresses the office of the governor in <a href="/Article_IV,_Pennsylvania_Constitution" title="Article IV, Pennsylvania Constitution">Article IV, the Executive Department</a>. </p><p>Under Article IV, Section 2: </p> <table style="width:25%; background:#e5e4e2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <p><i>The supreme executive power shall be vested in the Governor...</i><sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Qualifications">Qualifications</span></h2> <table class="infobox" width="300px" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"><big><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" class="mw-redirect" title="State Executive Officials">State Executives</a></big> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" title="State Executive Officials"><img alt="StateExecLogo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/150px-StateExecLogo.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="153" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/225px-StateExecLogo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/300px-StateExecLogo.png 2x" data-file-width="1189" data-file-height="1216" /></a></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/Governor#Current_governors_by_party_affiliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor">Current Governors</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/State_executive_official_elections_by_year" title="State executive official elections by year">Gubernatorial Elections</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2025" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2025">2025</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2024">2024</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2023" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2023">2023</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2022" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2022">2022</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2021" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2021">2021</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2020" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2020">2020</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2019" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2019">2019</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2018" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2018">2018</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2017" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2017">2017</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2016" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2016">2016</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2015" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2015">2015</a> • <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2014" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2014">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/Lieutenant_Governor#Current_Lieutenant_Governors" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">Current Lt. Governors</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #ECEBED"><a href="/State_executive_official_elections_by_year" title="State executive official elections by year">Lt. Governor Elections</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2025" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2025">2025</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2024" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2024">2024</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2023" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2023">2023</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2022" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2022">2022</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2021" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2021">2021</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2020" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2020">2020</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2019" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2019">2019</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2018" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2018">2018</a> • <a href="/State_executive_official_elections,_2017" title="State executive official elections, 2017">2017</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2016" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2016">2016</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2015" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2015">2015</a> • <a href="/Lieutenant_gubernatorial_elections,_2014" title="Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2014">2014</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A candidate for the governor must be: </p> <ul><li>a citizen of the United States</li> <li>at least 30 years old</li> <li>a resident of Pennsylvania for at least seven years</li></ul> <p>Additionally, the governor may not hold Congressional office, any other office under the Commonwealth, or any federal office. The exception is that the governor may be a reserve member of the National Guard.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Vacancies">Vacancies</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/How_gubernatorial_vacancies_are_filled" title="How gubernatorial vacancies are filled">How gubernatorial vacancies are filled</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><br /> Details of vacancy appointments are addressed under <a href="/Article_IV,_Pennsylvania_Constitution#Section_13" title="Article IV, Pennsylvania Constitution">Article IV, Section 13 and 14</a>. </p><p>If the office of Governor becomes vacant through death, resignation, or conviction on impeachment, the <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governor</a> becomes Governor for the remainder of the term; if the office is only temporarily vacant due to disability of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor only acts out the duties of Governor. </p><p>Should both offices be vacant, the president pro tempore of the <a href="/Pennsylvania_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Senate">Senate</a> becomes Governor. The position of Lieutenant Governor was created in the 1874 <a href="/Pennsylvania_Constitution" title="Pennsylvania Constitution">state constitution</a>; prior to then, the Speaker of the <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Senate</a> would act as governor in cases of vacancy. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Duties">Duties</span></h2> <p>The Governor is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces (§ 7). The <a href="/Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor">governor</a> has a duty to enforce state laws (§ 2), the power to approve or veto bills passed by the <a href="/Pennsylvania_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Legislature">Pennsylvania Legislature</a> subject to a two-thirds override (§ 15), and to convene the legislature for extraordinary sessions (§ 12). </p><p>The governor may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations except in cases of impeachment, but only when recommended by the Board of Pardons (§ 9). The Board of Pardons consists of the <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governor</a>, the <a href="/Attorney_General_of_Pennsylvania" title="Attorney General of Pennsylvania">Attorney General</a>, and three gubernatorial appointees, each of whom must be confirmed by a two-third vote of the Senate and who serve a six year term. </p><p>Other duties and privileges of the office include: </p> <ul><li>Appointing the Secretary of Education and all other offices not otherwise provided for, subject to the advice and two-third consent of the Senate (§ 8)</li></ul> <ul><li>Requiring written information from the head of any executive department on any aspect of that department's work (§ 10)</li></ul> <ul><li>Periodically addressing the <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania State Legislature">General Assembly</a> on the state of the state and making recommendation for legislation (§ 11)</li></ul> <ul><li>Adjourning the legislature when the body cannot agree to do so itself, for a period not to exceed four months (§ 12)</li></ul> <ul><li>Convening the Senate by special proclamation for the purposes of transacting executive business (§ 13)</li></ul> <ul><li>Vetoing appropriation bills, subject to legislative override (§ 16)</li></ul> <ul><li>Signing and sealing, with "The Great Seal of the State of Pennsylvania," all commissions granted by the state of Pennsylvania (§ 19)<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/File:PA_state_org_chart.JPG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/62/PA_state_org_chart.JPG/200px-PA_state_org_chart.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="206" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/62/PA_state_org_chart.JPG/300px-PA_state_org_chart.JPG 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/62/PA_state_org_chart.JPG/400px-PA_state_org_chart.JPG 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="584" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:PA_state_org_chart.JPG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Pennsylvania state government organizational chart</div></div></div> <p><a href="/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> elects governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years. For Pennsylvania, 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030, and 2034 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the third Tuesday in the January following an election. </p><p>In the event of a tie, a joint session of the legislature shall cast ballots to choose the governor from the two top vote getters. </p><p>If an election's outcome is contested, the members of both chambers of the legislature shall select members of the special Commission to resolve the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Term_limits">Term limits</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/States_with_gubernatorial_term_limits" title="States with gubernatorial term limits">States with gubernatorial term limits</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Pennsylvania governors are restricted to two consecutive terms in office, after which they must wait one term before being eligible to run again. </p><p><a href="/Article_IV,_Pennsylvania_Constitution#Section_3" title="Article IV, Pennsylvania Constitution"><b>Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IV, Section 3</b></a> </p> <table style="width:40%; background:#e5e4e2; margin-top:.1em; border:.5px solid #cccccc; solid;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Except for the Governor who may be in office when this amendment is adopted, he shall be eligible to succeed himself for one additional term.</i><sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1">[1]</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Partisan_composition">Partisan composition</span></h3> <p>The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of Pennsylvania governors from 1992 to 2013.<br /> <a href="/File:Governor_of_Pennsylvania_Partisanship.PNG" class="image"><img alt="Governor of Pennsylvania Partisanship.PNG" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/b/b1/Governor_of_Pennsylvania_Partisanship.PNG/600px-Governor_of_Pennsylvania_Partisanship.PNG" 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580px; overflow-y: auto; } </p> </style></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Governor of Pennsylvania</h5></div><p class="results_text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Mastriano">Doug Mastriano</a>, <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Hackenburg">Matt Hackenburg</a>, <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christina_Digiulio">Christina Digiulio</a>, and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Soloski">Joseph Soloski</a> in the general election for Governor of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Josh-Shapiro.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Josh Shapiro" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">56.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 56.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,031,137</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/doug_mastriano.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Doug Mastriano" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Mastriano">Doug Mastriano</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">41.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 41.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">2,238,477</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Libertarian"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Matt_Hackenburg.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Matt Hackenburg" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Hackenburg">Matt Hackenburg</a> (L) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Hackenburg#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Libertarian" style="width: 1.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">51,611</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Green"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/ChristinaDigiulio.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Christina Digiulio" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christina_Digiulio">Christina Digiulio</a> (G) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christina_Digiulio#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Green" style="width: 0.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">24,436</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JosephSoloski.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Joseph Soloski" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Soloski">Joseph Soloski</a> (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Soloski#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.4</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">20,518</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/SummaryResults?ElectionID=94&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 5,366,179 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Eddie_Wenrich">Eddie Wenrich</a> (Independent)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christina_Olson">Christina Olson</a> (Green Party of Pennsylvania)</li></ul><h4>Democratic primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header democratic"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania</h5></div><p class="results_text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a> advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Josh-Shapiro.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Josh Shapiro" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">100.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 100.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,227,151</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/SummaryResults?ElectionID=94&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 1,227,151 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tega_Swann">Tega Swann</a> (D)</li></ul><h4>Republican primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header republican"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/doug_mastriano.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Doug Mastriano" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Mastriano">Doug Mastriano</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">43.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 43.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">591,240</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Lou-Barletta.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Lou Barletta" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Lou_Barletta">Lou Barletta</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">20.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 20.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">273,252</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Bill-McSwain.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Bill McSwain" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_McSwain">Bill McSwain</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">15.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 15.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">212,886</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/dwhite.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of David White" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David_White_(Pennsylvania_governor_candidate)">David White</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">9.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 9.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">129,058</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/MelissaHart.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Melissa Hart" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Melissa_Hart_(Pennsylvania)">Melissa Hart</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">4.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 4.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">54,752</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Joe-Gale.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Joe Gale" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Gale">Joe Gale</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 2.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">27,920</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Jake-Corman.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Jake Corman III" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jake_Corman">Jake Corman III</a> <i>(Unofficially withdrew)</i></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.9</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">26,091</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Charlie-Gerow.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Charlie Gerow" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Charlie_Gerow">Charlie Gerow</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">17,922</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Nche-Zama.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Nche Zama" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Nche_Zama">Nche Zama</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.2</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.2%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">16,238</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Home/SummaryResults?ElectionID=94&ElectionType=P&IsActive=0" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 1,349,359 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jason_Monn">Jason Monn</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Guy_Ciarrocchi">Guy Ciarrocchi</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Martin_(Pennsylvania)">Scott Martin</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jason_Richey_(Pennsylvania)">Jason Richey</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Ventre">John Ventre</a> (R)</li></ul><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2018">2018</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2018" title="Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018">Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><style> .votebox { color: #888; 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margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified. <a href="https://electionreturns.pa.gov/" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 5,012,555<br />(100.00% precincts reporting) </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Democratic primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header democratic"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania</h5></div><p class="results_text">Incumbent <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Wolf">Tom Wolf</a> advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/TomWolf.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Tom Wolf" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><b><u><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Wolf">Tom Wolf</a></u></b></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">100.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 100.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">749,812</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">Incumbents</a> are <b><u>bolded and underlined</u></b>. The results have been certified. </p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 749,812 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Republican primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header republican"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania</h5></div><p class="results_text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Wagner_(Pennsylvania)">Scott Wagner</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Mango">Paul Mango</a> and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_Ellsworth">Laura Ellsworth</a> in the Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Scott_Wagner.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Scott Wagner" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Wagner_(Pennsylvania)">Scott Wagner</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">44.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 44.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">326,612</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Paul_Mango.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Paul Mango" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_Mango">Paul Mango</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">36.9</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 36.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">271,857</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/ellsworth-laura_400xx520-520-0-61.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Laura Ellsworth" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_Ellsworth">Laura Ellsworth</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">18.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 18.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">138,843</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. </p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 737,312 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Full_history">Full history</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2014">Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2014</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrat">Democrat</a> <a href="/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a> won election on November 4, 2014. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 2014</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a>/<a href="/Mike_Stack" title="Mike Stack">Mike Stack</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">54.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,920,355</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#cc0000;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> <a href="/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett">Tom Corbett</a>/<a href="/Jim_Cawley" title="Jim Cawley">Jim Cawley</a> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">45.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,575,511</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,495,866</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141105042401/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=41&ESTID=2&CID=0&OID=0&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0">Pennsylvania Department of State</a> </i></td> </tr></tbody></table> <table width="90%" class="collapsible collapsed" style="border:none;"><tbody><tr><th width="90%" style="text-align:left;"><div style="background:#e5e4e2;">To view the electoral history dating back to 2002 for the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, click [show] to expand the section.</div></th><th width="90%"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <p>Pennsylvania's Governors and <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">Lieutenant Governors</a> run on the same ticket. </p><p><big><b>2010</b></big> </p><p>On November 2, 2010, <a href="/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett">Tom Corbett</a>/<a href="/Jim_Cawley" title="Jim Cawley">Jim Cawley</a> won election to the office of Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania. They defeated <a href="/Dan_Onorato" title="Dan Onorato">Dan Onorato</a>/<a href="/H._Scott_Conklin" title="H. Scott Conklin">H. Scott Conklin</a> in the general election. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 2010</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett">Tom Corbett</a>/<a href="/Jim_Cawley" title="Jim Cawley">Jim Cawley</a></b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">54.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,172,763</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Dan Onorato/H. Scott Conklin </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">45.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,814,788</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,987,551</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=19&ESTID=2&CID=0&OID=3&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0&PageRefID=1">Pennsylvania Department of State</a>.</i></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>2006</b></big> </p><p>On November 7, 2006, <a href="/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a>/Catherine Baker Knoll won re-election to the office of Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania. They defeated Lynn Swann/Jim Matthews in the general election. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 2006</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a>/Catherine Baker Knoll</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">60.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,470,517</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Lynn Swann/Jim Matthews </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">39.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,622,135</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>4,092,652</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=15&ESTID=2&CID=0&OID=3&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0&PageRefID=1">Pennsylvania Department of State</a>.</i></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>2002</b></big> </p><p>On November 5, 2002, <a href="/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a>/Catherine Baker Knoll won election to the office of Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania. They defeated Mike Fisher/Jane M. Earll, Ken V. Krawchuk/Henry E. Haller and Michael Morrill/Vicki J. Smedley in the general election. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Governor/Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania, 2002</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b><a href="/Ed_Rendell" title="Ed Rendell">Ed Rendell</a>/Catherine Baker Knoll</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">53.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,913,235</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Mike Fisher/Jane M. Earll </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">44.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,589,408</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Ken V. Krawchuk/Henry E. Haller </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">40,923</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#0b0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Green </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Michael Morrill/Vicki J. Smedley </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">38,423</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,581,989</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Election results via <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=11&ESTID=2&CID=0&OID=3&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0&PageRefID=1">Pennsylvania Department of State</a>.</i></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Divisions">Divisions</span></h2> <p><i>Note: <a href="/State_Executive_Officials" class="mw-redirect" title="State Executive Officials">Ballotpedia's state executive officials project</a> researches state official websites for information that describes the divisions (if any exist) of a state executive office. That information for the Governor of Pennsylvania has not yet been added. After extensive research we were unable to identify any relevant information on state official websites. If you have any additional information about this office for inclusion on this section and/or page, please <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">email us</a>.</i> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_budget">State budget</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Role_in_state_budget">Role in state budget</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Pennsylvania_state_budget_and_finances" title="Pennsylvania state budget and finances">Pennsylvania state budget and finances</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-process_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Budget instructions are sent to state agencies in <b>August</b>.</li> <li>State agencies submit their requests to the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">governor</a> in <b>October</b>.</li> <li>Agency hearings are held between <b>December and January</b>.</li> <li>The governor submits his or her proposed budget to the <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania State Legislature">state legislature</a> in <b>February</b>. In a governor's first term, the budget proposal is submitted in <b>March</b>.</li> <li>The legislature adopts a budget by <b>June 30</b>. A simple majority is required to pass a budget. The fiscal year begins <b>July 1</b>.</li></ol> <p>Pennsylvania is one of 44 states in which the governor has <a href="/Line_item_veto_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Line item veto authority">line item veto authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-process_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>The governor is legally required to submit a balanced budget proposal. Likewise, the legislature is required to pass a balanced budget.<sup id="cite_ref-process_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-process-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Governor.27s_office_budget"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Governor's_office_budget">Governor's office budget</span></h3> <p>The budget for the Governor's office in Fiscal Year 2025 was $11,634,000.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Compensation">Compensation</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Comparison_of_gubernatorial_salaries" title="Comparison of gubernatorial salaries">Comparison of gubernatorial salaries</a> and <a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">Compensation of state executive officers</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The governor's salary is set by statute and subject to cost-of-living adjustments, also known as COLAs, pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Public Official Compensation Law (amended in 1995). This law mandates that Pennsylvania executives' salaries "shall be increased by applying the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been officially reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) immediately prior to the date adjustment is due to take effect."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2023">2023</span></h3> <p>In 2023, the officer's salary was $229,642, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BotS2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BotS2023-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2022_2">2022</span></h3> <p>In 2022, the officer's salary was $213,026, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BotS2022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BotS2022-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2021">2021</span></h3> <p>In 2021, the governor received a salary of $201,729, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2021salary_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021salary-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2020">2020</span></h3> <p>In 2020, the governor received a salary of $201,729, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2019">2019</span></h3> <p>In 2019, the governor received a salary of $194,850, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2018_2">2018</span></h3> <p>In 2018, the governor received a salary of $194,850, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2017">2017</span></h3> <p>In 2017, the governor received a salary of $193,304, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2016">2016</span></h3> <p>In 2016, the governor received a salary of $190,823, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2015">2015</span></h3> <p>In 2015, the governor’s salary was increased to $190,823, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_2">2014</span></h3> <p>In 2014, the governor received a salary of <a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">$187,818</a>, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h3> <p>In 2013, the governor's salary was <a href="/Compensation_of_state_executive_officers" title="Compensation of state executive officers">$187,256</a>, according to the <a href="/Council_of_State_Governments" title="Council of State Governments">Council of State Governments</a>. However, Gov. <a href="/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett">Corbett</a> refused several cost-of-living adjustments during his tenure, returning the increases to the state, making his actual pay closer to $175,000.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3> <p>In 2010, the governor was paid $174,914 a year, the 6th highest gubernatorial salary in America.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Historical_officeholders">Historical officeholders</span></h2> <p>Counting non-consecutive terms, there have been 50 governors of Pennsylvania since 1799. (Otherwise, there have been 48). Of the 48 officeholders, 25 were Republican, 11 were Democratic, 7 were Democratic-Republicans, 1 was a Federalist, 1 was Anti-Masonic, 1 was a Jacksonian Democrat, 1 was a Whig, and 1 was a Whig/Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="500px" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;">List of officeholders from 1799-present </th></tr> <tr> <th># </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Tenure </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Thomas Mifflin</td> <td>1788 - 1799</td> <td>Federalist </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Thomas McKean</td> <td>1799 - 1808</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Simon Snyder</td> <td>1808 - 1817</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>William Findlay</td> <td>1817 - 1820</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Joseph Hiester</td> <td>1820 - 1823</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>John Andrew Shulze</td> <td>1823 - 1829</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>George Wolf</td> <td>1829 - 1835</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Joseph Ritner</td> <td>1835 - 1839</td> <td>Anti-Masonic </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>David Rittenhouse Porter</td> <td>1839 - 1845</td> <td>Democratic-Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Francis Rawn Shunk</td> <td>1845 - 1848</td> <td>Jacksonian Democrat </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>William Freame Johnston</td> <td>1848 - 1852</td> <td>Whig </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>William Bigler</td> <td>1852 - 1855</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>James Pollock</td> <td>1855 - 1858</td> <td>Whig/Republican </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>William Fisher Packer</td> <td>1858 - 1861</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Andrew Gregg Curtin</td> <td>1861 - 1867</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>John White Geary</td> <td>1867 - 1873</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>John Frederick Hartranft</td> <td>1873 - 1879</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Henry Martyn Hoyt</td> <td>1879 - 1883</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Robert Emory Pattison</td> <td>1883 - 1887</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>James Addams Beaver</td> <td>1887 - 1891</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Robert Emory Pattison</td> <td>1891 – 1895</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>Daniel Hartman Hastings</td> <td>1895 - 1899</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>William Alexis Stone</td> <td>1899 - 1903</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker</td> <td>1903 - 1907</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>Edwin Sydney Stuart</td> <td>1907 - 1911</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>John Kinley Tener</td> <td>1911 - 1915</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Martin Grove Brumbaugh</td> <td>1915 - 1919</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>William Cameron Sproul</td> <td>1919 - 1923</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Gifford Pinchot</td> <td>1923 - 1927</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>John Stuchell Fisher</td> <td>1927 - 1931</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Gifford Pinchot</td> <td>1931 – 1935</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>George Howard Earle</td> <td>1935 - 1939</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>Arthur Horace James</td> <td>1939 - 1943</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td>Edward Martin</td> <td>1943 - 1947</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td>John Cromwell Bell</td> <td>1947 - 1947</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td>James Henderson Duff</td> <td>1947 - 1951</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td>John Sydney Fine</td> <td>1951 - 1955</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td>George Michael Leader</td> <td>1955 - 1959</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td>David Leo Lawrence</td> <td>1959 - 1963</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>38</td> <td>William W. Scranton</td> <td>1963 - 1967</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>39</td> <td>Raymond Philip Shafer</td> <td>1967 - 1971</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>40</td> <td>Milton Jerrold Shapp</td> <td>1971 - 1979</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td>Dick Thornburgh</td> <td>1979 - 1987</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td>Robert P. Casey</td> <td>1987 - 1995</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>43</td> <td>Tom Ridge</td> <td>1995 - 2001</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>44</td> <td>Mark Schweiker</td> <td>2001 - 2003</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>45</td> <td><a href="/Edward_G._Rendell" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward G. Rendell">Edward G. Rendell</a></td> <td>2003 - 2011</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>46</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett">Tom Corbett</a></td> <td>2011 – 2015</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a></td> <td>2015 – 2023</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>48</td> <td><a href="/Josh_Shapiro" title="Josh Shapiro">Josh Shapiro</a></td> <td>2023 – present</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Partisan_balance_1992-2013">Partisan balance 1992-2013</span></h3> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States_Project" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States Project"><img alt="Who Runs the States Project" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/125px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="124" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/188px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/6/61/WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg/250px-WhoRunsTheStates_Badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1304" data-file-height="1292" /></a></div> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States">Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States</a> and <a href="/Ballotpedia:Who_Runs_the_States,_Pennsylvania" title="Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Pennsylvania">Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Pennsylvania</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/File:Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/b/bd/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png/300px-Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="234" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/b/bd/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png 1.5x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="246" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_pie_chart_1992-2013.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Partisan breakdown of the Pennsylvania governorship from 1992-2013</div></div></div> <p>From 1992-2013, in Pennsylvania there were Democratic governors in office for 11 years while there were Republican governors in office for 11 years, including the last three. Pennsylvania was under Republican <a href="/Trifectas" class="mw-redirect" title="Trifectas">trifectas</a> for the last three years of the study period. </p><p>Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82%) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27%) from 1992 to 2013. </p><p>Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied. </p><p>The chart below shows the partisan composition of the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, the <a href="/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">Pennsylvania State Senate</a> and the <a href="/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a> from 1992 to 2013. </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:902px;"><a href="/File:Partisan_composition_of_Pennsylvania_state_government(1992-2013).PNG" class="image"><img alt="Partisan composition of Pennsylvania state government(1992-2013).PNG" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/b/be/Partisan_composition_of_Pennsylvania_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG/900px-Partisan_composition_of_Pennsylvania_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="900" height="74" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/b/be/Partisan_composition_of_Pennsylvania_state_government%281992-2013%29.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="91" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Partisan_composition_of_Pennsylvania_state_government(1992-2013).PNG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div></div></div></div></div> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="SQLI_and_partisanship">SQLI and partisanship</span></h4> <p>The chart below depicts the partisanship of Pennsylvania state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. Pennsylvania had a Democratic trifecta in 1993, but switched two years later to a Republican trifecta that lasted from 1995-2002. The state had a divided government for many years until a Republican trifecta returned in 2011. Pennsylvania's worst SQLI ranking, finishing 30th, occurred in 1994 during a divided government and in 2012 during a Republican trifecta. The state's best ranking, finishing 19th, occurred from 1999-2000 during a Republican trifecta and again in 2004 during a divided government. </p> <ul><li>SQLI average with Democratic trifecta: 25.00</li> <li>SQLI average with Republican trifecta: 23.70</li> <li>SQLI average with divided government: 25.20</li></ul> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:902px;"><a href="/File:Pennsylvania_SQLI_visualization.PNG" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/a/a3/Pennsylvania_SQLI_visualization.PNG/900px-Pennsylvania_SQLI_visualization.PNG" decoding="async" width="900" height="96" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/a/a3/Pennsylvania_SQLI_visualization.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="1118" data-file-height="119" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Pennsylvania_SQLI_visualization.PNG" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Chart displaying the partisanship of Pennsylvania government from 1992-2013 and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI).</div></div></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_profile">State profile</span></h2> <table width="500px" align="right" style="cellpadding:0.5em;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;margin:5px;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#333333;color:white"><th colspan="3">Demographic data for Pennsylvania</th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#333333;color:white"><th width="50%"> </th><th width="25%">Pennsylvania</th><th width="25%">U.S.</th></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Total population:</td><td><b>12,791,904</b></td><td><i>316,515,021</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Land area (sq mi):</td><td><b>44,743</b></td><td><i>3,531,905</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i><a href="/Race_and_Ethnicity_on_the_United_States_Census" title="Race and Ethnicity on the United States Census">Race and ethnicity</a>**</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">White:</td><td><b>81.6%</b></td><td><i>73.6%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Black/African American:</td><td><b>11%</b></td><td><i>12.6%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Asian:</td><td><b>3.1%</b></td><td><i>5.1%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Native American:</td><td><b>0.2%</b></td><td><i>0.8%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Pacific Islander:</td><td><b>0%</b></td><td><i>0.2%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Two or more:</td><td><b>2.1%</b></td><td><i>3%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Hispanic/Latino:</td><td><b>6.4%</b></td><td><i>17.1%</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i>Education</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">High school graduation rate:</td><td><b>89.2%</b></td><td><i>86.7%</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">College graduation rate:</td><td><b>28.6%</b></td><td><i>29.8%</i></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#f0a236"><th colspan="3"><i>Income</i></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Median household income:</td><td><b>$53,599</b></td><td><i>$53,889</i></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color:#D9D9D9;text-align:left">Persons below poverty level:</td><td><b>15.9%</b></td><td><i>11.3%</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-size:80%">Source: <i>U.S. Census Bureau</i>, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)<br />Click <a href="/United_States_census,_2020" title="United States census, 2020">here</a> for more information on the 2020 census and <a href="/Redistricting_in_Pennsylvania" title="Redistricting in Pennsylvania">here</a> for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Pennsylvania. <hr /> <small>**<i>Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census <a href="/Race_and_Ethnicity_on_the_United_States_Census" title="Race and Ethnicity on the United States Census">here</a>.</i></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Presidential_voting_pattern">Presidential voting pattern</span></h3> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Presidential_voting_trends_in_Pennsylvania" title="Presidential voting trends in Pennsylvania">Presidential voting trends in Pennsylvania</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Pennsylvania <a href="/Presidential_voting_trends_in_Pennsylvania" title="Presidential voting trends in Pennsylvania">voted for the Democratic candidate</a> in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024. </p> <h4><span id="Pivot_Counties_.282016.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Pivot_Counties_(2016)">Pivot Counties (2016)</span></h4> <p>Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for <a href="/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (R) in 2016 after voting for <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these <b>Pivot Counties</b> by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, three are located in Pennsylvania, accounting for 1.46 percent of the total pivot counties.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="Pivot_Counties_.282020.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Pivot_Counties_(2020)">Pivot Counties (2020)</span></h4> <p>In <a href="/Presidential_election,_2020" title="Presidential election, 2020">2020</a>, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as <i><a href="/Election_results,_2020:_Retained_Pivot_Counties" title="Election results, 2020: Retained Pivot Counties">Retained Pivot Counties</a></i> and those won by <a href="/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (D) as <i><a href="/Election_results,_2020:_Boomerang_Pivot_Counties" title="Election results, 2020: Boomerang Pivot Counties">Boomerang Pivot Counties</a></i>. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Pennsylvania had one Retained Pivot County and two Boomerang Pivot Counties, accounting for 0.55 and 8.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively. </p><p><i>More Pennsylvania coverage on Ballotpedia</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/Pennsylvania_elections,_2025" title="Pennsylvania elections, 2025">Elections in Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Pennsylvania" title="United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania">United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/Public_policy_in_Pennsylvania" title="Public policy in Pennsylvania">Public policy in Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/Endorsers_in_Pennsylvania" title="Endorsers in Pennsylvania">Endorsers in Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/Pennsylvania_fact_checks" title="Pennsylvania fact checks">Pennsylvania fact checks</a></li> <li><a href="/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">More...</a><div style="clear:both;"></div></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_information">Contact information</span></h2> <p>Office of the Governor<br /> 508 Main Capitol Building<br /> Harrisburg, PA 17120<br /> Phone:717-787-2500<br /> Fax:717-772-8284 </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <table class="wikitable;" style="width=100%"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:330px; text-align:center"><a href="/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </th> <th style="width:330px; text-align:center"><a href="/State_executive_official_elections" title="State executive official elections">State Executive Elections</a> </th> <th style="width:330px; text-align:center"><a href="/Ballotpedia_Email_Updates" title="Ballotpedia Email Updates">News and Analysis</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center"><div 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target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=Governor+of+Pennsylvania">Search Google News for this topic</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.governor.pa.gov/">Office of the Pennsylvania Governor</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-constitution-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-3">1.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-4">1.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-constitution_1-5">1.5</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/00/00.HTM"><i>Pennsylvania Legislature</i>, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," accessed January 18, 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-process-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-process_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-process_2-1">2.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-process_2-2">2.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" 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text" href="http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries"><i>Council of State Governments,</i> "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries," June 25, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/system/files/Table_4.11.pdf"><i>Council of State Governments,</i> "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 18, 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.nga.org/former-governors/pennsylvania/"><i>National Governors Association,</i> "Former Pennsylvania Governors," accessed January 18, 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://uselectionatlas.org/">Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections</a>.</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <table class="navbox" cellspacing="0" style=";"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:2px;"><table cellspacing="0" class="collapsible autocollapse" style="width:100%;background:transparent;color:inherit;;"><tbody><tr><th style=";background:#bbccee;" colspan="3" class="navbox-title"><div style="float:left; width:6em;text-align:left;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" style="background-color:transparent; padding:0; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:normal; font-size:xx-small; ;background:#bbccee;;border:none;;"><a href="/Template:Current_governors" title="Template:Current governors"><span title="View this template" 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