Find Your Candidate Match

Use our interactive tool to see which major party candidate for Pennsylvania governor most closely aligns with what matters to you.

Pennsylvania’s Nov. 3 election is fast approaching, and voters will soon have to decide which candidate for governor to support.

The major party candidates on the ballot this November are Democratic incumbent Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity. All registered voters, regardless of their party affiliation, are eligible to cast a ballot in this race.

To help highlight the differences between Shapiro and Garrity, and show you which candidate you best align with, Spotlight PA has created this quiz. To learn more about their positions, consult our One Vote, Two Pennsylvanias series.

Here’s how your answers aligned with each candidate.

How the Candidates Stack Up

Here is how each question and answer in the quiz aligns with each candidate.

Stacy Garrity
Republican
Yes
Josh Shapiro
Democrat
No

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Supports an “all of the above” approach that includes clean energy like solar and wind alongside oil and gas
Stacy Garrity
Republican
Wants to dramatically increase natural gas production

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Yes
Stacy Garrity
Republican
No

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Implements strict clean energy and job standards that projects must commit to if they want permits on a workable timeline
Stacy Garrity
Republican
Supports a temporary moratorium to figure out what to do

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Yes
Stacy Garrity
Republican
No

Stacy Garrity
Republican
Yes
Josh Shapiro
Democrat
No

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Supports taxing them at 52% to align with the state’s existing 55% tax on electronic games and slot machines, an approach that casinos back
Stacy Garrity
Republican
Supports a flat monthly fee of $500 per machine, an approach that the skill games industry prefers

Stacy Garrity
Republican
Supports using it only for emergencies and to temporarily pause taxes on gas and diesel
Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Supports using it to “cut taxes and make investments” as part of budget deals

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour
Stacy Garrity
Republican
Not raising the minimum wage, arguing that economic growth does a better job raising pay

Josh Shapiro
Democrat
Yes
Stacy Garrity
Republican
No

Credits

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Daniel Fishel

For Spotlight PA

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Carlana Johnson

Director of Technology

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Here’s how your answers aligned with each candidate.

How the Candidates Stack Up

Q: You prefer a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump: − +

Stacy Garrity

Josh Shapiro

Q: You prefer a candidate who takes the following approach on energy production: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who supports legalizing recreational marijuana: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who takes the following approach on data centers: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who personally supports abortion access: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election: − +

Stacy Garrity

Josh Shapiro

Q: You prefer a candidate who takes the following approach to skill games: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who takes the following approach to the state’s multibillion-dollar “rainy day” fund: − +

Stacy Garrity

Josh Shapiro

Q: You prefer a candidate who supports: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Q: You prefer a candidate who supports sending more money to public schools using a formula that considers factors like poverty and level of English proficiency: − +

Josh Shapiro

Stacy Garrity

Credits

Illustration

Daniel Fishel

Layout

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