#democrats #usa
JOSH SHAPIRO ~ Present:Governor of Pennsylvania
Previous
Josh was elected as the first Democrat to lead Montgomery County (Pennsylvania’s third largest county) since the Civil War. He inherited a financial mess and a $10 million budget shortfall — but got to work, and led a fiscal and ethical turnaround. He took early steps to combat the opioid and heroin epidemic, helped the first LGBTQ+ couples in Pennsylvania marry, eliminated veteran homelessness, and invested in the county’s bridges, roads, and trails. He reformed the county’s pension system and fired the Wall Street money managers to save millions and protect seniors’ retirement. By the end of Josh’s tenure, he had replenished the county’s lacking reserve funds, decreased the size of the county’s budget, and put the County on a path back to a AAA bond rating.