Democrat Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Jan. 19 to become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania, placing his hand on a stack of three Jewish Bibles at an inaugural ceremony outside the state Capitol to cap his blowout win in November's election.

Shapiro, 49, takes over in the nation's fifth-most populous state with more experience in state government than any of his recent predecessors, including six years as Pennsylvania's elected attorney general and seven as a state lawmaker.