Governor

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Proposes rolling back or eliminating the utility gross receipts tax, aiming to cut utility bills by 15% to 25%.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Proposes eliminating the state personal income tax over four years.
• Pledges to veto every tax increase and use line-item vetoes to cut spending.
• Proposes eliminating school property taxes by funding students' private education with existing state money.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Proposes regulating and taxing skill games and legalizing adult-use cannabis to raise about $2 billion a year.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

No documented position found.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Proposes eliminating parole for violent offenders and ending asset forfeiture where no crime occurred.
• Calls for a statewide ban on Flock Safety cameras and similar surveillance tools until state law sets rules for them.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Signed budgets funding about 2,000 additional police officers and state troopers, including four more trooper classes.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Supports Lifeline Scholarships, expanding state tax-credit scholarships, and joining the federal tax-credit program.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Proposes privatizing public schools and giving each student an $11,500 education savings account.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Signed a 2026-27 budget adding $565 million for school districts through the adequacy and tax equity formula.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Proposes HOPE for PA: redirecting state funds to cut property taxes by one-third and aid first-time homebuyers.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

No documented position found.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Proposes a statewide cap on rental application fees tied to the actual cost of tenant screening.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Pledges to lift what she calls a ban on new drilling sites and to fast-track gas, pipeline and power plant permits.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

No documented position found.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Calls for raising Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour starting January 1, 2027.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Calls for pausing new data centers and requiring them to supply their own energy and water, with local final say.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Calls for an indefinite moratorium on new data centers until state planning law is updated to give towns the final say.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Proposes GRID standards tying data center tax breaks and fast-track permits to energy, jobs and environmental rules.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Proposes reforming or pausing state renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Proposes treating pollution as trespass under property law and opposes taxing natural gas fracking.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Proposes a Lightning Plan to reform energy permitting and siting and update alternative energy standards.In office

Stacy GarrityRepublican

No documented position found.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

No documented position found.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

• Pledges that abortion will remain safe and legal in Pennsylvania while he is governor.

Stacy GarrityRepublican

• Supports requiring voters to show ID and to be U.S. citizens.
• Pledges to audit state agencies and require reform plans before funding is approved.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Proposes ending mail-in ballots in favor of in-person voting and requiring voter ID.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

No documented position found.

Stacy GarrityRepublican

No documented position found.

Ken KrawchukLibertarian

• Supports decriminalizing marijuana and other drugs and pardoning non-violent drug offenders.

Josh ShapiroDemocratic

No documented position found.