Josh Shapiro is an American politician who has served as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania since 2017.
He is a member of the Democratic Party, being elected to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania in 2004. He represented the 153rd district from 2005-2012. He has built a reputation as a consensus builder, willing to work on a bipartisan basis across the aisle.
He is the governor-elect of Pennsylvania after defeating Doug Mastriano of the Republican Party in the widely-watched race of the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. He received 2,892,478 votes, or 55.7% of the total votes, as opposed to Mastriano’s 2,205,113, or 42.5% of the total votes.
In 2011, he was elected to the Board of Commissioners of Montgomery County and served until 2017, holding the position of chairman. He ran for the Pennsylvania attorney general in 2016, defeating John Rafferty Jr. of the Republican Party, and was re-elected in 2020.
As the attorney general, Josh released the findings of a grand jury report that revealed child abuse by priests and the cover-ups by church leaders. He also negotiated the six-year-long disagreement between Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2019.
The settlement allowed 1.9 million insurance recipients to continue using their doctors as their in-plan providers rather than being forced to switch medical or insurance providers.
Who Are Josh Shapiro’s Parents?
Pennsylvania’s governor-elect Josh Shapiro’s parents are Steven and Judi Shapiro.
He was born to Steve and Judi Shapiro on June 20, 1973. He spent a few years of his childhood on a naval base while his dad worked as a medical officer, and then his family moved to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Throughout Josh’s childhood, he watched his parents serve their community as pediatricians and educators.
His father, Steven, served in the US Navy as a medical officer. Likewise, Judi Shapiro was an educator when Josh was a young boy. So throughout his childhood, Josh grew up watching his parents serve the community in their respective fields.
He was born to his parents on June 20, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri. Unfortunately, there is not much information about his parents on the internet. He spent a few years of his childhood on a naval base where his father worked and later moved with his parents to Dresher, a town in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
His parents enrolled him at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion Station, now known as Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. At a young age, Josh started a worldwide letter-writing program, Children for Avi, on behalf of Russian Jewish refuseniks.
After completing high school, Shapiro attended the University of Rochester and majored in political science, graduating in 1995. In 1992, he was the first freshman to win the election as the student body president of the University.
He used to work on Capitol Hill during the day, enrolled at the Georgetown University Law Center as an evening student, and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2002.
Josh Shapiro’s Siblings
Josh Shapiro has two siblings; a brother, Adam, and a sister, Rebecca.
His sister Rebecca Shapiro Steinberg is married to Jonathan E. Steinberg and has three kids. Her husband, Jonathan, is a television producer, screenwriter, and director. He is the co-creator of the series Jericho, and the executive producer, writer, and co-creator of the series Human Target.
His brother Adam Shapiro is a strategic advisor and an educational thought leader. He is married to Rena Shapiro and has three kids. He is an avid Phillies fan.
Shapiro’s siblings and family supports him wholeheartedly. They often go on election campaigns and programs with the incumbent Attorney General of Pennsylvania. The Shapiros are observant Conservative Jews who keep kosher.
Josh Shapiro is available on social media and has amassed an enormous following. On Twitter, he has 279K followers on @joshshapiropa. On Facebook, he has amassed 165K followers, and on Instagram, he has 10K followers at @paattorneygen.
Josh Shapiro’s Wife And Kids
American politician Josh Shapiro is married to Lori Shapiro, a clinical social worker.
The couple is high school sweethearts who first met in ninth grade at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania. Shapiro proposed to Lori in Jerusalem, and the couple married on May 25, 1997, after completing their degrees.
The newlywed couple lived in Washington, DC, for a few years while Josh started a public service career in the Capitol. Then, after Lori gave birth to their first child, Sophia, the family of three moved home to Pennsylvania to raise their family.
Josh and Lori are parents of three school-aged sons, and Sophie attends the University of Pittsburgh. The family currently resides in Abington Township in Montgomery County.
Lori Shapiro is often present in her husband’s election campaigns and programs in the locality. The governor-elect of Pennsylvania has full support from his family and the state’s people.