Democratic Lt. Gov. Austin Davis promises to be a beacon of hope for 'every small town kid' and everyone who feels forgotten.
Austin Davis, the son of a hairdresser and a bus driver, made Pennsylvania history on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.
Davis grew up in McKeesport, Pa., where he became politically active as a teenager in response to gun violence in the community where steelmaking once thrived. Democratic Lt. Gov. Austin Davis holds up the Senate gavel after becoming Pennsylvania's first Black lieutenant governor, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, who earned a salary of $169,451 as of 2021, is also first in the line of succession should the governor leave office prematurely.have promised to expand the role of the lieutenant governor.
The ceremony in the spectacularly ornate state Senate chamber also was attended by political luminaries such as former Gov. Tom Wolf, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, former lieutenant governor and newly-elected U.S. Sen. John Fettermen, and several state Supreme Court justices.His oath of office was administered by Kim Berkeley Clark, the president judge of the county court in Allegheny, who told him “you are a shining example. You are hope for all the little boys and girls in Pennsylvania.
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