Shapiro Shoots And Misses For Pennsylvania

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com HARRISBURG, PA – For nearly a year, Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Republican candidate for Governor Stacy Garrity has repeatedly taken Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) to task for his administration’s failure to lead. In nearly every speech she’s given, Garrity cited Pennsylvania’s abysmal rankings at 38 th economically, 39 th in education, and 41 st overall – but last week we found out it’s getting worse! Under Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s economy now ranks 47 th out of 50 states in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report – dropping 9 spots! Josh Shapiro says his work is “paying off.” Stacy Garrity knows Josh Shapiro is a failure. Here are the facts: Nearly seven in 10 Pennsylvania 8 th graders cannot read at grade level, yet Josh Shapiro refuses to opt into a new federal scholarship program that will help Pennsylvania children escape failing schools – even liberal governors in New York and Colorado have opt-ed in! For all the talk of one bridge the Shapiro administration repaired in Philadelphia, there are nearly 3,000 structurally deficient bridges across the Commonwealth, with Pennsylvania’s infrastructure earning a C-minus grade. Pennsylvania has the 5 th highest tax burden in the nation, making it tougher to raise a family, start a business, and build a life in the Commonwealth. Enough is enough, and Stacy Garrity has one message to Pennsylvanians struggling to make ends meet under Josh Shapiro’s failed administration: Help is on the way! PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA

Pittston, PA - Congressman Rob Bresnahan today announced the unified endorsement of his re-election campaign by four national maritime labor unions representing the licensed and unlicensed merchant mariners who keep America's commercial fleet moving: the American Maritime Officers (AMO), the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA), and the Seafarers International Union (SIU). In a joint letter, the presidents of all four unions praised Bresnahan as a "consistent and steadfast advocate for the U.S. maritime industry" and pledged their unions' full support heading into November. The unions credited Bresnahan for cosponsoring the bipartisan SHIPS for America Act, legislation designed to revitalize the U.S.-flag fleet and help American mariners and vessel operators compete in global shipping. They also pointed to his support for full funding of the Maritime Security Program and his work ensuring enforcement of the Jones Act and U.S.-flag cargo preference requirements, policies the unions say are essential to protecting American maritime jobs and maintaining the manpower base the country needs "in time of war or other international emergency." The full endorsement letter can be found HERE . "The licensed and unlicensed merchant mariners of AMO, MM&P, MEBA, and SIU keep our country and our economy running, and they deserve a partner in Washington who understands that” said Congressman Rob Bresnahan. “I will always stand up for working people and am grateful for the support of our merchant mariners.” The four maritime unions join a large and growing coalition of labor organizations supporting Bresnahan’s re-election, including: Amalgamated Transit Union (Endorsement announcement HERE ) American Federation of Government Employees (Endorsement announcement HERE ) American Federation of Government Employees District 3 (Endorsement letter HERE ) Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (Endorsement letter HERE ) International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers Local 13 (Endorsement Letter HERE ) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 163 (Endorsement letter HERE ) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1319 (Endorsement letter HERE ) International Union of Operating Engineers Local 542 (Endorsement letter HERE ) Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters (Endorsement letter HERE ) Pennsylvania Laborers’ District Council (Endorsement letter HERE ) Learn more at www.RobForPA.com . 

Pittston, PA - Paige Cognetti has built her entire campaign around a promise to reject corporate PAC money, plastering it on her website and touting it in endorsement after endorsement. Turns out the pledge only holds up if you don't look too closely. A new NOTUS report reveals Cognetti has quietly pocketed cash from leadership PACs stuffed with corporate money, from Boeing to JPMorgan Chase to UnitedHealthcare, funneled through committees run by members of the Democrat Machine like Sen. Chris Coons, Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Ted Lieu and Nancy Pelosi. It's the same tired playbook Scranton voters have watched Cognetti run for years: say one thing, do another, and hope nobody checks the campaign finance reports. ICYMI: Paige Cognetti Refuses Corporate PAC Money. But Some Is Arriving Indirectly. By Avani Kalra NOTUS July 30, 2026 Paige Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, who Democrats hope will unseat Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan this November, has repeatedly pledged not to take money from corporate political action committees as a candidate or lawmaker. “No Corporate PAC Money. As a candidate and member of Congress I will reject the influence of special interests,” Cognetti wrote on her campaign website. But federal campaign finance filings show Cognetti has accepted donations from numerous political committees that themselves are awash in cash from corporate PACs, including money from defense contractor Boeing, banking giant JPMorgan Chase and insurance company UnitedHealthcare. Many of the non-corporate political committees supporting Cognetti are leadership PACs operated by Democratic federal lawmakers to boost their party’s congressional candidates. During her 2026 campaign to represent Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, Cognetti has, for example, taken $5,000 from Blue Hen Federal PAC , a committee sponsored by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware). Coons’ committee has received hundreds of thousands of dollars this election cycle from a who’s who of corporate and trade association PACs tied to companies such as Visa , FedEx , Pfizer , Northrop Grumman , Eli Lilly, Google , McKinsey and Fox News parent Fox Corp. , among several dozen others. Cognetti’s campaign has also received $4,000 from the campaign committee of House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, which itself is partly bankrolled by numerous corporate PACs, including those sponsored by Delta Air Lines , Verizon , Allstate Insurance and law and lobbying firm Alston & Bird . Cognetti took money from dozens of these leadership PACs that report significant corporate contributions — including the PACs of Rep. Ted Lieu, the House Democratic Caucus vice chair, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker. “Paige is the only candidate in this race who does not accept donations from corporate PACs, supports a federal ban on corporate PAC donations, and will never be handed a corporate check in exchange for special access or political favors,” Emma Mustion, the campaign’s communications director, said. “The reason for her pledge is simple: Paige is independent and doesn’t work for anybody but the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania.” Cognetti’s pledge to reject corporate PAC money has become a key feature of her campaign, and is cited in endorsements from advocacy groups such as End Citizens United and lawmakers including Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona). Campaign finance and other money matters are key issues in the race between Cognetti and Bresnahan. Cognetti has repeatedly hit Bresnahan, who accepts direct corporate PAC money, for his once-prolific stock trading — the multimillionaire with his own helicopter made more than 650 individual stock trades during 2025, according to federal records. Among them, he traded stock in companies that manage Medicaid just before the House took its first vote on Republicans’ sweeping tax cut bill that slashed the program. He has also personally invested in artificial intelligence companies before advocating for data centers . NOTUS previously reported that Bresnahan abruptly stopped trading stocks earlier this year . At the time, a spokesperson said a financial institution managed Bresnahan’s stock trades. “Only a slick politician like Paige Cognetti would make a promise to reject corporate PAC money a centerpiece of her campaign only to find a loophole to accept it,” Samantha Bullock, a spokesperson for Bresnahan’s campaign, said in a statement to NOTUS. Federal records show Cognetti had $3.4 million cash on hand, besting Bresnahan’s $2.6 million war chest, as of June 30. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race between Bresnahan and Cognetti as a toss-up. National Republicans and Democrats alike consider the race critical to winning a House majority in 2027. Cognetti, for her part, continues to run on an anti-corruption platform that includes banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, instituting term limits for federal lawmakers, withholding lawmakers’ pay throughout government shutdowns and prohibiting members of Congress from making bets in prediction markets. Other candidates have been criticized in the past for accepting similar contributions. Democrat Abigail Spanberger, now the governor of Virginia, campaigned on rejecting corporate PAC money while running for Congress in 2022 — and was slammed at the time for taking money from leadership PACs. Learn more at www.RobForPA.com . 

***PRESS RELEASE*** Justice Has Arrived HARRISBURG, PA – You’ll never know her name. Or ever see her face. But for Josh Shapiro, it’s time to buckle up. Go ahead...underestimate her! Episode One, “ The Betrayal ,” now streaming at twilightjustice.com . It’s time for justice.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com ***PRESS RELEASE*** Garrity Demands Action For Crime Victims And The Preservation Of Public Safety HARRISBURG, PA – State Treasurer and Republican nominee for Governor Stacy Garrity (R-PA) issued the following statement in response to Governor Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) and the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives’ refusal to pass commonsense, bipartisan legislation to address the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Commonwealth v. Lee – which found that automatic life-without-parole sentences in Second-Degree murder cases violated the state’s constitution. Stacy Garrity said: “Josh Shapiro and House Democrats chose political games over public safety. Josh Shapiro has had every opportunity to lead, yet he has chosen to do nothing in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling. Rather than demanding action before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s deadline, Josh Shapiro stood by while his liberal House Democrat allies rejected the bipartisan, Senate-passed solution.” The Pennsylvania state Senate passed SB1400, authored by state senators Lisa Baker and Wayne Langerholc, in June; however, Democrats in the state House have refused to act. SB1400, which is endorsed by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday (R-PA), establishes a constitutional sentencing framework that preserves accountability for serious crimes. The legislation recognizes varying degrees of participation in felony murder cases while continuing to prioritize public safety and victims’ rights. “Because of Josh Shapiro’s failure to lead, nearly 1,200 convicted murderers across Pennsylvania can begin to challenge their sentences, forcing murder victims’ families back into court to relive the unimaginable pain and force upon them the specter of confronting their loved one’s murderer again. The Pennsylvania state Senate acted by passing SB1400, Republicans in the Pennsylvania state House want to act, but Josh Shapiro and his liberal allies won’t.” continued Garrity. The court stayed its ruling in Commonwealth v. Lee for 120 days, giving the General Assembly until July 24 th to pass a constitutional remedy before the current sentencing framework is invalidated. That deadline has now passed. “I stand with victims. I stand with law enforcement. I stand with our local district attorneys. Josh Shapiro has the authority to call a special session of the General Assembly, yet he chooses to sit back and do nothing while his allies in the House go on vacation. Stop talking Governor and do your job!” concluded Garrity. PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2026 Contact: Matthew Beynon – mbeynon@brabendercox.com ***ICYMI*** “Shapiro: A Man Without A Constituency, Brand, or Record” HARRISBURG, PA – Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has been a rutterless Chief Executive for the most consequential state in our union for the past three-and-a-half years. Shapiro has flip-flopped on issue after issue, changed his rhetoric depending on who he’s talking to, and failed to deliver time-and-again for our Commonwealth. Is it any wonder that Pennsylvania’s currently ranked 38 th in the nation economically, 39 th in education, and 41 st overall – yet our Commonwealth is ranked in the top 10 on very important metric: 6 th in the nation for residents migrating from our state. Today’s opinion piece in RealClearPennsylvania said it best: Josh Shapiro is a “man without a constituency, brand, or record” voters can count on. “ Shapiro: A Man Without A Constituency, Brand, or Record ” By: Guy Ciarrochi, RealClearPennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was for school choice until he was against it. He vetoed the legislation when it arrived on his desk… … Shapiro’s chameleon-like behavior on school choice is instructive for other divisive issues. From natural gas development (for it, against it, then for it – if it’s part of an all-of-the-above approach … but it has to be heavily regulated) to attempts to ban men from playing girls’ sports (he won’t declare if he’d sign such a bill; then adds that he doesn’t want biological men to have an “unfair advantage,” but adds that the bill’s sponsors are “extremists”). He’s had almost as many positions on data centers. There are lots of opinions that one can have on education, school choice, natural gas, energy, genders and sports, and data centers. Shapiro has held them all. His legacy media friends cite his flexible rhetoric and being all things to all people to label him as a “moderate,” when they think that helps his chances at re-election, or even becoming president. False. Being a moderate doesn't mean flip-flopping, or that you lack principles. Shapiro’s rhetoric reveals a man who is missing core beliefs, or who doesn’t respect voters enough to tell them the truth. Worse, it reveals a politician so hungry for office that he’s willing to adapt to almost any position – in the same campaign, in the same day – on all but those few things his political calculus tells him to hold dear… … Shapiro wants to be governor. He wants to be president. It’s clear that he will say almost anything and adapt to almost any position… … Shapiro needs to “pick a lane.” Otherwise, he could be a candidate without a constituency … and even an ex-governor.  PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA

MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties FROM: Garrity for PA DATE: July 20, 2026 RE: State of the Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race Try as he might, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) just can’t seal the deal with Pennsylvania voters. Each year, Shapiro spends millions in Pennsylvania tax dollars to fund his 21-person public relations office , who are devoted to producing TikTok videos and relentlessly booking him cable television programs. As a result, Shapiro has received glowing coverage, with little scrutiny for his administration’s policy failures and ethical scandals that have left Pennsylvania struggling. On top of more than three years of a multi-million-dollar taxpayer-funded public relations campaign, Shapiro has spent more than $3 million on statewide Pennsylvania television advertising promoting his administration over the last month alone. However, new polling from Quinnipiac University found Shapiro’s standing with voters is slipping. According to Quinnipiac, Shapiro’s lead over State Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R-PA) fell by 5% at a time when Garrity has spent nothing on paid advertising. And despite Shapiro’s advertising focusing heavily on male voters, on topics ranging from apprenticeships to vocational education, those voters are clearly not buying what Shapiro is selling, because Garrity is beating Shapiro by 2% among male voters in the poll. Most importantly, the poll shows that Garrity has room to grow, because nearly three in five voters do not have an opinion of her, while only 14% of voters do not have an opinion of Josh Shapiro. This is dangerous ground for Shapiro, who has held statewide elected office as the Commonwealth’s top cop for six years and chief executive for the past four. Worse yet for Shapiro, Pennsylvania voters are restless. Just 7% of Quinnipiac poll respondents were “very satisfied” with the state of the Commonwealth, while 44% were either “very” or “somewhat” dissatisfied. It is clear Josh “get (stuff) done” Shapiro is not delivering for the 13 million Pennsylvanians he represents. And it’s also clear that Shapiro knows his administration is a failure. Case in point: When Shapiro launched his campaign’s first statewide television advertisement, he focused on a program started by his predecessor – Gov. Tom Wolf (D-PA). The school meal program promoted by Shapiro was signed into law months before Shapiro ever took office, yet it was Shapiro who tried to take credit for it! Shapiro is also having difficulty threading the needle between appealing to his liberal base and earning the votes of mainstream Pennsylvania voters. Nearly half of poll respondents (49%) say Democrats are “too far left,” while only 36% say they are “not too far.” Pennsylvania voters do not support the left-wing policies being pushed by the democratic socialist wing of the modern Democrat Party, yet these are exactly the activists Shapiro needs to court if he is to fulfill his life-long dream of running for President. Stacy Garrity, on the other hand, is gaining on Shapiro because she is speaking to the concerns hardworking Pennsylvanians are feeling. Rather than speaking down to them from the Governor’s Mansion, Garrity is meeting directly with voters and local leaders to hear from them, collaborate with them, and discuss real solutions to the problems they are facing. Over the last month alone, Garrity has held seven townhall meetings across every media market in the Commonwealth, talking directly with voters on issues ranging from promoting small businesses to supporting our Veterans. And Garrity’s commitment to voters has not been ignored. The more voters get to know Stacy Garrity, the more they like her. Garrity’s favorability rating rose by 6%, while her unfavorable rating remained steady despite a national environment that currently leans Democrat. Polling is simply a validation for the growing support Garrity is feeling on the ground. She will not need to go dollar-for-dollar with Shapiro, but it is clear that with just over 100 days until Election Day, if she has the resources to compete, Stacy Garrity will give Josh Shapiro the political fight of his life. Buckle up!

HARRISBURG, PA – Over the past month, State Treasurer and Republican nominee for Governor Stacy Garrity (R-PA) has done what Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) has refused to do: listen to the people of Pennsylvania. Garrity has held five data center development listening sessions across Pennsylvania – from Wilkes-Barre Twp. in Northeast Pennsylvania to New Cumberland just outside Harrisburg , Hatfield in suburban Philadelphia to Cranberry Twp. in the exurbs of Pittsburgh , and just last Friday in Reading . The contrast between Garrity’s open dialogue with local and county leaders and Shapiro Harrisburg-knows-best policies could not be more different, and neither could either candidate’s consistency on the issue driving the discourse across Pennsylvania. Less than a year ago, Josh Shapiro trumpeted Amazon’s plans to build $20 billion in AI infrastructure, with campuses in Salem Township and Falls Township – and additional Pennsylvania communities being targeted for data center investment. At the time, Shapiro proclaimed that he was “proud” of the Amazon project for data center projects in Luzerne and Bucks counties – saying his team “worked closely” with Amazon to “land this deal." Now Josh Shapiro is singing a different tune on data centers. City & State called it an “evolution,” but the reality is that it’s a massive flip flop and attempt to sweep his “embrace” of data center development under the rug. As recently as February of this year, Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvania would lead the way in data center development during his 2026 budget address . Now, Shapiro claims to be putting guardrails on an industry he was championing just a few short months ago. Unsurprisingly, Shapiro’s new standards do nothing to address the concerns raised by data center development or the sweetheart tax deals they already received – like those benefiting liberal billionaire Jeff Bezos. In addition to his leadership of Amazon, Bezos owns and operates The Washington Post , the paper of record for Democrat presidential candidates inside the DC Beltway, so it should shock absolutely no one that Shapiro would try to endear himself to Bezos in the lead up to the 2028 presidential primary election. Whether at her January speech to the Pennsylvania Press Club, her April address to the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association, or today - Stacy Garrity has spoken with one voice regarding data center development. She has repeated said that there needs to be: Transparency and clear rules of the road need to be instituted. Data center development demands thoughtful planning that focuses on affordable, reliable power that ensures development goals do not infringe on the needs of local communities. Developers must bring their own water and energy generation. Community engagement agreements must be signed with developers. Ratepayers must be protected. Local communities need to be protected through responsible noise ordinances. Data center development restricted to industrial and brownfield sites, not residential areas, so they can provide added value to the communities that house them. Local communities should have the final say on any data center development project because the people who live in the community should be those who determine their own future. Because of the confusion created by the Shapiro Administration’s “all-things-to-all-people” data center development policy, Garrity is now calling for a pause in data center development to give communities the opportunity to update zoning laws. She will continue to discuss her plans and do what Josh Shapiro doesn’t, hear directly from the community leaders about the challenges they are facing. PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA 

HARRISBURG, PA – Republican nominee for Governor and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R-PA) today called for seven public gubernatorial debates with Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA). Garrity’s call follows Shapiro’s campaign saying on the record that he looks “ forward to engaging with the Garrity campaign directly on any good faith efforts to do so (schedule debates) and continue making the choice in this election clear .” Stacy Garrity said: “The Shapiro Campaign says they want to engage with our campaign in ‘good faith’ to make ‘the choice in this election clear.’ While Josh Shapiro and I disagree on many topics, we could not agree on this point more. Every voter should have the opportunity to learn where we stand on issues, what are our visions for the future of the Commonwealth, and what experience we bring to the table to lead 13 million Pennsylvanians for the next four years.” Garrity for PA has issued a call for seven public debates between Stacy Garrity and Josh Shapiro – one in each Pennsylvania media market. Thus far, the Garrity Campaign has received several inquiries requesting interest in hosting a debate and, now with the Shapiro Campaign officially on the record supporting at least one debate, we look forward to formal debate negotiations beginning. “Pennsylvania is at a crossroads and, as I say in nearly every speech, we need to decide what type of state we want to be. Public debates will give the voters of Pennsylvania the opportunity to make this decision with the most information possible. That is why I am calling for seven debates, one in each media market of the Commonwealth. I look forward to hearing Josh Shapiro’s response and I hope he will join me in making his case to the voters of Pennsylvania,” Garrity concluded. PAID FOR BY GARRITY FOR PA