Mind the gap: Shapiro raises $13.3M in latest fundraising period, Garrity brings in $1.8M

Pennsylvania’s latest campaign finance reports are in, and the fundraising numbers in the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race show that Gov. Josh Shapiro continues to outraise Treasurer Stacy Garrity, his Republican opponent in the general election  

Shapiro raised over $13.3 million in the latest fundraising period, which encompasses June 6 to Sept. 14. During that same span, Garrity raised just $1.8 million, resulting in an $11.5 million fundraising gap between the two candidates. Shapiro also spent considerably more over the last several months, with his campaign’s expenditures totaling $31.8 million, compared to Garrity’s $1.58 million. 

As of mid-September, Shapiro had approximately $19.8 million in cash on hand, while Garrity reported having a little over $1.3 million in the bank. 

Shapiro’s $13.3 million haul was fueled by contributions from individual contributors and political action committees alike, including PACs belonging to labor unions, political groups, trial attorneys, skill game operators and Wawa. 

Some of the largest PAC contributions to Shapiro include $1.25 million from the Democratic Governors Association, $500,000 from AFSCME’s PAC, and $250,000 from the Committee for a Better Tomorrow, a PAC established by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. 

Shapiro also received sizable individual contributions, including $500,000 from 84 Lumber President Maggie Hardy, $250,000 from Suffolk Construction Company Founder John F. Fish, and $100,000 each from Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND LLC, and Edward W. Stack, the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods. Urban Outfitters Inc. CTO David Hayne, Constellation President and CEO Joseph Dominguez and Rafael Ilishayev, the co-founder of Gopuff, also donated to Shapiro in the most recent reporting period. 

At a time when Shapiro has called for the federal government to take a greater role in regulating the development of artificial intelligence, the governor’s campaign also received contributions from notable names in the AI and tech space. Joanna Doven, the head of the Pittsburgh-based AI Strike Team, gave his campaign $10,000, and Andrew Moore, the founder and CEO of Lovelace AI, gave $5,000. Four employees from Anthropic, the AI developer behind the Claude chatbot, each gave Shapiro’s campaign $25,000. One of those contributions came from Evan Hubinger, an alignment science lead at Anthropic who recently made headlines for a post expressing his belief that AI could kill humankind.

In total, the governor has raised more than $60 million in the current election cycle. According to a spokesperson for the Shapiro campaign, the governor invested an additional $2.5 million into the Pennsylvania Democratic Party’s efforts to elect Democrats in downballot races, bringing his total contributions to the state party to $5.7 million this cycle. 

In the most recent reporting period, Garrity’s largest PAC contributions came from the PA Future Fund, which gave Garrity a total of $230,000. The GT Commonwealth Fund, a PAC associated with U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, gave $55,150 to Garrity’s campaign, while U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser’s committee gave $31,000 to the GOP nominee. 

Garrity also received contributions from a number of other elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, state Sens. Gene Yaw and Judy Ward, and state Reps. Kathy Rapp, Dane Watro, Dave Zimmerman, Rich Irvin, Joshua Bashline and Leslie Rossi. 

Former 2022 gubernatorial candidate Dave White gave $100,000 to Garrity’s campaign, while former Republican National Committeeman Bob Asher contributed $75,000 to Garrity in the most recent reporting period. 

Garrity’s $1.8 million sum fell short of what the Republican Party’s 2022 gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano raised during the same reporting period four years ago, as Mastriano – who ultimately lost to Shapiro in the 2022 general election – raised over $3.1 million during the June to September reporting period.