Josh Shapiro will be in Bucks County this weekend to campaign for Democrats in key races
The governor will be in Langhorne on Saturday to help launch Planned Parenthood PA PAC's canvass for Democrats in Bucks County races that could determine control in Harrisburg.
Gov. Josh Shapiro will be in Bucks County on Saturday to campaign for Democrats up and down the ballot in the key swing county.
Shapiro, who kicked off Democrats’ general election campaigns at a space centrifuge in Warminster this past spring, is returning to Bucks, emphasizing the important role that the perennially purple county will play in November’s midterms with competitive contests for Congress and state Senate on the ballot.
The governor will appear at a canvass launch in Langhorne organized by Planned Parenthood PA PAC, the organization’s state-level political action committee. The PAC has endorsed Bucks County Democrat Eileen Hartnett Albillar, who is running for state Senate in the 6th District, a crucial seat for the party, and state House candidates Bryan Allen, Kristin Egan, and Monica Weninger.
Shapiro will also appear alongside Democratic County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is challenging GOP U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in the Bucks-based 1st Congressional District — one of four seats in the state being targeted by both parties. Harvie is endorsed by Shapiro and Planned Parenthood’s federal PAC.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean, of Montgomery County, and Mary Gay Scanlon, of Delaware County, will also be in attendance.
Later in the day, the PAC will launch another day of action with Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton on behalf of Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley, a Democrat running in the 16th state Senate district which includes Upper Bucks County, and Tim Hayes, who is running for state House.
Democrats are hoping to win control of the state Senate — which they haven’t had for 33 years. The GOP currently holds 27 seats in the 50-member state Senate.
To take control of the chamber with the lieutenant governor’s tie-breaking vote, Democrats would need to flip at least two seats and maintain control of the governor’s office. With a trifecta in Harrisburg, Democrats hope to advance legislation on issues that haven’t gained support in the Republican-controlled Senate, like codifying abortion protections.
The Shapiro-endorsed candidates have an opportunity, if successful in November, to give Democrats more governing power, whether that’s winning party control in the U.S. House, the state Senate, or giving Democrats an expanded majority in the state’s lower chamber.
Shapiro is running for a second term as governor, but he’s spending much of his time using his political prowess to bolster other Democrats ahead of the midterms. Recently, he was in Philadelphia with Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to energize volunteers. Earlier this month, he was in Montgomery and Chester Counties campaigning for down-ballot candidates.
Shapiro has invested more than $5.7 million in the state party since fall 2025, his campaign said last month.
In July, he launched an effort — “Rise Up Pennsylvania” — that is aimed at pooling donations to fund campaign resources for key state Senate and U.S. congressional races.
Abortion protections remain a key piece of the party’s platform, even as Democrats have refocused their messaging on affordability ahead of November.
“Bucks County will be critical to building a pro–sexual and reproductive health care trifecta in Pennsylvania,” Signe Espinoza, executive director of Planned Parenthood PA PAC, said in a statement Friday.
“We endorsed these candidates because we know they will stand up to fight to protect every Pennsylvanian’s freedom to make their own decisions about their body, health and future.”
