Stacy Garrity

Garrity grew up in Bradford County in northern Pennsylvania, graduated from Sayre High School, earned a B.A. in finance and economics from Bloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania, commonly called Penn, is a private research university and Ivy League member in Philadelphia. It traces its origins to a 1740 charity-school project; Benjamin Franklin proposed his academy in 1749, classes began in 1751, and a 1791 merger established the institution under its present name. Penn has 12 schools, with undergraduate education concentrated in arts and sciences, engineering, nursing and Wharton. Enrollment totaled 29,384 in fall 2025, and the fiscal 2025 endowment was $24.81 billion. As of October 2026, J. Larry Jameson was president, with his term scheduled to end on June 30, 2027.Open the full entry, and received a certification from the Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is a private research university in Ithaca, New York, and a member of the Ivy League. It is New York State's federal land-grant university, a distinction unique within the Ivy League. Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White founded the university in 1865, and it opened in 1868. In addition to its Ithaca campus, Cornell operates Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech in New York City and a medical college in Qatar. It enrolled 26,793 students in fall 2024. Its president is Michael I. Kotlikoff.Open the full entry Business Management Institute.⁠[1][2][3]

Garrity served three decades in the U.S. Army Reserve, with three overseas deployments — Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and Operation Enduring Freedom in 2008 — and retired as a colonel, having received two Bronze Stars and the Legion of Merit.⁠[1][3]

In Iraq she ran the detention center at Camp Bucca with the 800th Military Police Brigade.⁠[4]

Garrity worked at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp., a powdered metals supplier in Towanda, rising from cost accountant to vice president of government affairs. She also served on the boards of the Bradford County United Way and Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre.⁠[1][4][3]

On March 2, 2019, Garrity lost the special Republican nominating convention for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District to Fred Keller, who went on to win the May 21 special election.⁠[3]

In the November 2020 election for state treasurer Garrity defeated the Democratic incumbent, Joe Torsella, 48.7 percent to 47.9 percent, and took office as Pennsylvania’s 78th treasurer on January 19, 2021.⁠[3][2]

On November 5, 2024, she was re-elected with 51.9 percent of the vote, about 3.5 million votes, defeating Democrat Erin McClelland (45.6 percent), for a term ending January 16, 2029.⁠[3][1]

On August 18, 2025, Garrity announced in a video that she would seek the Republican nomination for governor, calling herself a “strong ally” of President Donald Trump. Her campaign said she “will bring jobs back, strengthen our economy and make Pennsylvania more affordable for families in every corner of the state.”⁠[4]

On May 19, 2026, Garrity won the Republican nomination for governor unopposed, with Jason Richey as her running mate.⁠[3][1]

In the November 3, 2026, gubernatorial election Garrity faced Democratic Governor Josh ShapiroJosh ShapiroJosh Shapiro is an American Democratic politician and lawyer who has been the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since January 2023. He previously served as a Pennsylvania state representative, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and state attorney general, and was re-elected governor in November 2026.Open the full entry and his running mate, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, with Libertarian Ken Krawchuk also on the ballot. The Associated Press called the race for Shapiro one minute after polls closed at 8 p.m.⁠[3][5]

A little before 9 p.m., at her election night party at a golf course in Wyoming County, Garrity said she had called Shapiro to congratulate him: “Tonight, I wish the governor and his team my sincere best, as we all should, you guys.” Her term as treasurer runs until January 2029.⁠[5][3]

As state treasurer Garrity kept several top Democratic staff members, expanded the ways the department returns unclaimed property, and increased the department’s investments in Israel bonds.⁠[4]

Garrity has said she favors restraining spending and cutting taxes and regulations, eliminating the gross-receipts tax on electricity, and charter, cyber charter and private-school options including tax-credit scholarships, and she supports voter identification and tighter ballot chain-of-custody rules. She has long identified as “pro-life” but has said she would not support an abortion ban and would respect current Pennsylvania law.⁠[1]

Stacy Garrity campaign: Official website: https://garrityforpa.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[2]

X: Public account: https://x.com/GarrityForPA (opens in a new window).⁠[2]