Pennsylvania’s Republican leaders are all-in on state Treasurer Stacy Garrity as their 2026 gubernatorial candidate, banking on an early endorsement to unify the party behind toppling Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.

How – if at all – the party might try to shape Garrity’s political posture over the next 14 months remains an open question.

The Republican Party of Pennsylvania, with 326 state committee members voting, moved overwhelmingly to endorse Garrity at its fall meeting in State College on Saturday. That puts the weight of the party and its fundraising apparatus behind her well ahead of the May 2026 primary election, when registered Republican voters will select the party’s candidate for governor.

It’s unclear if any big names other than Garrity’s will appear on that ballot. The

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