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On Sunday, one of the Democratic Party's top potential figures in 2028 will stump Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has moved noticeably to the right of far-left Democratic Party figures such as the New York Assembly. Zoran Mamdaniwill meet with Spanberger in the key Hampton Roads area.
The former Virginia congresswoman plans to hold several rallies in Tidewater before Election Day, including another with the former president. Barack Obama across the 'roads' in Norfolk.
“Governor Shapiro heads to New Jersey and Virginia this weekend to help elect Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, two more Democratic governors who will focus every day on getting things done, delivering results for hardworking families and protecting freedom in their states,” a campaign spokesman told Fox News Digital on Friday. Shapiro headquarters Manuel Bonder.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro gestures to fans during the Pitt/WVU game at Milan Pushkar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Brian Aho/Getty Images)
Shapiro also plans stymie Rep. Miki Sherrill in New Jersey as she looks to keep Trenton in Democratic hands.
Shapiro, who has announced he will run for re-election in Harrisburg in 2026 and has not formally expressed interest in a presidential bid, is one of several Democrats whose names have repeatedly come up in such conversations, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, and California Gov. Gavin Newsome and Kentucky Governor Andrew Beshear.
He also finished second to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the 2024 Kamala Harris VIP stakes.
Shapiro criticized anti-Semitic behavior at the University of Pennsylvania after the Hamas attack on Israel, separately adding Mamdani's view of the Jewish state:
“You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when your supporters say things that are clearly anti-Semitic, you can't leave room for it to just sit there.”
While Shapiro has faced criticism from Republicans in his state for supporting former Gov. Tom Wolf's COVID-era measures as well as the current budget impasse, he has also been the rare Democrat to earn praise from some in the GOP.
Jack CiattarelliRepublican candidate in the New Jersey race, mentioned favorably to Shapiro enough times that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, then running for governor, suggested he cross Delaware and run in the Keystone State instead.
“[Pennsylvania doesn’t] We have a property tax crisis. [like New Jersey]“They don’t have a business climate crisis, they don’t have an energy crisis,” Ciattarelli said, contrasting the two neighbors.
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Pennsylvania Republicans, however, have disputed some of these descriptions: State Rep. Russ Diamond, R-Lebanon, and Sen. David Argall, R-New Ringgold, have recently drafted bills to eliminate property taxes at all.
State Senator. Doug MastrianoR-Gettysburg, who challenged Shapiro in 2022 and whose conservative wing is calling on him to do so again in 2026, also called Shapiro's budget proposals “fantasies,” warning in a statement that “eventually the funds from 'We the People' will dry up.”
Shapiro also weighed in on the election law itself, chiding the president for a “Truth on Social Network” post that potentially heralded the end of mail-in voting.
“Donald Trump can sign any executive orders he wants… But he cannot change the Constitution by executive order, and the Constitution gives states the power to set our election rules.” – said Shapiro.
