- State
- Pennsylvania
- Office / race
- Governor
- Party
- Republican
- Reviewed
- October 24, 2026
Career timeline
From Treasury to the governor’s race
Stacy Garrity is Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor on November 3, 2026. The official ballot pairs her with lieutenant-governor nominee Jason Richey. They face Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro and Austin Davis, with Libertarian Ken Krawchuk also running. Garrity’s candidacy would move an elected financial officer into a much wider executive role.
Sources: Crawford County: November 3, 2026 official sample ballot ↗
A northern Pennsylvania background
Garrity grew up in Bradford County and attended Sayre High School before studying finance and economics at Bloomsburg University. Spotlight PA reports that she has described herself as the first person in her family to attend college. Her professional identity combines a rural Pennsylvania upbringing with manufacturing, military service and public finance.
Military and business experience
Garrity served three overseas deployments in the Army Reserve and retired as a colonel. Her official biography records two Bronze Stars and the Legion of Merit. Alongside that service, she worked at Global Tungsten & Powders in Towanda, beginning in cost accounting and eventually becoming one of the company’s first female vice presidents.
Sources: Pennsylvania Treasury: Treasurer Stacy Garrity biography ↗
What the treasurer actually controls
First sworn in as treasurer in January 2021 and reelected in 2024, Garrity leads an agency responsible for safeguarding state assets, managing savings programs and returning unclaimed property. Treasury does not write spending laws or collect state taxes. That distinction matters when comparing her achievements with those of a governor negotiating a budget with legislators.
Sources: Pennsylvania Treasury: Department responsibilities ↗
The record she takes statewide
City & State identifies unclaimed-property returns and lower fees for education and disability savings accounts among Garrity’s achievements. She has also proposed applying Treasury’s transparency approach across state government. Analytically, those administrative accomplishments give her concrete examples; the broader test is whether they translate into managing education, infrastructure and other statewide responsibilities.
Sources: City & State: Guide to Pennsylvania’s 2026 governor race ↗
Public family and community ties
Garrity’s official biography identifies her husband, Daniel Gizzi, as a project analyst at Corning Incorporated and states that she worships at Christian Life Church. It also lists service with Bradford County United Way and Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital. These documented public connections add context to a career rooted in the same region where she lived and worked before statewide office.
Sources: Pennsylvania Treasury: Treasurer Stacy Garrity biography ↗
Savings programs and access
Treasury’s biography describes changes allowing PA 529 contributions as small as one dollar and removing the opening-deposit requirement. It also records advocacy for expanded ABLE eligibility. These details show how administrative decisions can affect who participates in savings programs, alongside the more prominent debate about government spending.
Sources: Pennsylvania Treasury: Treasurer Stacy Garrity biography ↗
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