The Democratic establishment is behind Josh Shapiro for governor. Will Pa. follow?

PITTSBURGH — At a rally with this western Pennsylvania city’s skyline in the background, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro officially kicked off his 2022 gubernatorial run.

Emphasizing his record as the state attorney general’s office, where, since 2017, he’s challenged health care giants Highmark and UPMC, the Catholic Church over child sexual abuse, and former President Donald Trump, Shapiro argued he was the right man to bring Pennsylvania into a brighter future.

“There is so much on the line right now,” Shapiro, 48, said to a crowd of dozens of labor leaders and elected officials on Wednesday morning.

But Shapiro said he has “been in the game. I have taken on the powerful and I’ve held them accountable. I’ve gotten real things done for the people.”

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