Pennsylvania gets four more years of Democrat leadership with the inauguration of Gov. Josh Shapiro, the state’s former attorney general, on Tuesday. At 49 years old, he is Pennsylvania’s youngest governor.
Also sworn in was Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, 32. Davis won both this office and his reelection bid in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Shortly after the election, Davis vacated his seat in the state House. He is the first black lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania.
A February special election will be held to fill that seat.
The swearing-in of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Jan. 17, 2023. (Courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services)
Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf leaves the office after meeting the two-term limit, amounting to eight years. Pennsylvania’s last Republican governor was Tom Corbett, who served from 2011 to 2015….