Daily News | ‘A symbol of our progress’: Pennsylvania has sworn in its first Black lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, 33, took the oath of office Tuesday in front of the state Senate, where he’ll preside for the next four years. Davis, the state’s 35th lieutenant governor, is now the highest-ranking Black official in the state’s history.
Davis was Shapiro’s hand-picked, unofficial running mate from early on in the midterm election cycle. In Pennsylvania, lieutenant governor candidates and gubernatorial candidates run separately from one another in the primary before running together in the general election.Davis is a Western Pennsylvania native. He hails from McKeesport, a city just outside Pittsburgh that he’s represented in the state House since 2019.
“They paved the way for this moment,” Davis said. “This moment is a symbol of our progress here in the commonwealth we love, and it is one that I hope serves as a point of pride for millions of Pennsylvanians who have never before seen themselves represented in the halls of power.”
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