Josh Shapiro

Josh Shapiro is and American Political Figure and governor of the Northeast, he is currently serving as the Governor of the Northeast and has announced a U.S. Senate bid in 2000, he is currently unopposed

2004 General Election

Governorship
Josh Shapiro was elected to the governorship as a Democrat and he later switched to the Republican Party, he is enacting many Conservative Policies in his tenure. One of his main policies will be getting and infrastructure bill passed and signed, he also wants to protect the forest of the northeast. He supports hydraulic fracking in Pennsylvania and Upstate New York and plans to expand drilling permits.

Capitol Hill
After graduating from Rochester, Shapiro moved to Washington, D.C. He started as legislative assistant to Senator Carl Levin, then served as a senior adviser to Representative Peter Deutsch, and then a senior advisor to Senator Robert Torricelli. While working for Torricelli, Shapiro planned foreign affairs tours in the Middle East and Asia, including a trip to North Korea.

From 1999 to 2003, he worked as Chief of Staff to Representative Joe Hoeffel, who represented parts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Personal Life
Shapiro met his wife Katie in ninth grade as they both attended Akiba Hebrew Academy, now Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, then in Merion Station.They dated in high school and reconnected after college while both were living in Washington D.C. Shapiro proposed to her in Jerusalem in 1997. He married her on May 25 of that year.

Shapiro and his wife have one child and reside in the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Shapiro is an observant Conservative Jew who keeps kosher.

2000 Northeast Senate Campaign
Shapiro began his campaign in his hometown of Mars, Pennsylvania. He is currently uncontested in the Senate Primary and no Democrats have announced to run aswell. He has released many logos and yard signs can be seen around the region.

Results
2000 Northeast Senate Republican Primary