Meet Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate: Stacy Garrity
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Republican candidate for governor Stacy Garrity. Photo: Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty
Pennsylvania Stacy Garrity is the Republican candidate running for governor in the Nov. 3 election.
The candidate: Garrity won two statewide elections for treasurer, including in 2024 when she received more votes than any Pennsylvania candidate has ever received.
- She's also an Army veteran.
☝️ Programming note: The Garrity campaign declined to respond to Axios' questions.
- Yes, but: We filled in the blanks where possible using information from her website and past statements.
🎂 How old are you: 62 years old
📍Where do you live in Pennsylvania? Bradford County
💼 Past jobs: Accountant, vice president of Global Tungsten & Powders
📺 Favorite Pennsylvania-based TV show (past or present)?
- Declined to answer.
🏛️ Favorite historic landmark in Pennsylvania?
- Declined to answer.
🤔 What's one thing voters don't know about you?
- Declined to answer.
Are you a Wawa or Sheetz person?
- Declined to answer.
🍽️ Favorite Pennsylvania restaurant?
- Declined to answer.
🤖 Do you support building more data centers in Pennsylvania?
- Declined to answer.
Explain why you support or oppose building more data centers in Pennsylvania.
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity's data center plan includes a pause on future developments, requiring them to "bring their own energy and water sources," and directing them to be built on contaminated industrial sites known as brownfields, per her campaign website.
🧠 What's one big idea you want to bring to the governor's office?
- Declined to answer.
👉 Sum up the state of Pennsylvania in 6 words or less.
- Declined to answer.
🏀 Favorite Pennsylvania athlete (past or present) and why?
- Declined to answer.
Do you support maintaining access to abortion in Pennsylvania? Yes (✅) or no (❌)
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity has described herself as "pro-life, with exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother."
Explain why you support or oppose maintaining access to abortion in Pennsylvania.
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity has said upholding abortion access for women up to 24 weeks of pregnancy "is not up to me. So, that would be up to the legislators."
🌿 Do you support legalizing recreational cannabis in Pennsylvania? Yes (✅) or no (❌)
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity has said she does not support legalizing recreational marijuana.
What Pennsylvania law, tax or program would you scrap immediately, and why?
- Declined to answer.
🎰 Do you support banning or legalizing skill games in the state?
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity supports legalizing skill game machines and imposing a flat $500-per-month tax on each machine, per her comments during the gubernatorial debate.
Do you support the expansion of fracking in the state due to a growing demand for data centers?
- Declined to answer.
- Worth noting: Garrity's plan includes fast tracking permits for natural gas production, pipelines, and power plants, while eliminating regulations, per her website.
🗣️ Finally, why do you want to be governor?
- Declined to answer.
- Garrity said, in part, during the gubernatorial debate that if you believe that "Pennsylvania's best days are ahead, then please vote for me."