Key facts
- Shapiro said the measures include funding mass transit and building more housing alongside the wage and abortion steps.
- Shapiro said Pennsylvanians want these things done and that a Democratic trifecta would deliver on all of them.
- Democrats also secured the US House and Senate, according to the report, in a wider Democratic wave.
- The report said Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said in a Sunday afternoon post on X on November 8, 2026, that he would more than double the state minimum wage, codify abortion rights into the state Constitution, fund mass transit and build more housing. He said these were things Pennsylvanians wanted done and that a Democratic trifecta would deliver on all of them.
The statement followed Democrats winning control of the Pennsylvania House, Senate and governorship. The report said the state wins came alongside a wider Democratic wave in which the party also secured the US House and Senate, and it attributed Republican losses to the cost of living, President Trump's approval numbers and the war in Iran.
The report said a Democratic trifecta in the state was notable because Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, and lost the state in 2020 to Joe Biden. On Monday, Shapiro posted a photo of himself writing on a piece of paper on a wooden desk, with the caption: "Pennsylvania, get ready. We're just warming up for January..."