On Tuesday, Pennsylvania‘s three statewide row officers — state Attorney General Dave Sunday, Treasurer Stacy Garrity, and Auditor General Tim DeFoor — were sworn into office, marking the first time all three statewide offices were held by Republicans.
All three of the row officers were joined at the ceremony by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), as well as former Govs. Tom Corbett and Mark Schweiker, both Republicans.
Both Corbett and Shapiro were one time state attorneys general who successfully ran for, and won, governor’s seats. Former Sen. Bob Casey was both a state auditor general and state treasurer before he lost his bid for governor in the 2002 Democratic primary against Ed Rendell. Casey then went on to run and win three consecutive Senate races until
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