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Democrats Keep Leads In Pennsylvania

June 23, 2022 at 9:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new AARP poll in Pennsylvania finds John Fetterman (D) leading Mehmet Oz (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 44%.

Key takeaway: Oz’s favorability rating is an incredibly dismal 30% to 63%.

In the race for governor, Josh Shapiro (D) leads Doug Mastriano (R), 49% to 46%.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov, PA-Sen

Unlikely Duo in Pennsylvania

June 20, 2022 at 6:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“One candidate is unabashedly blunt, willing to embrace progressive positions, doing little to build rapport with party leaders and dominating rooms with a 6-foot-8-inch frame. The other crafts a more moderate image, a deliberate public speaker who became a congressional aide out of college and has carefully cultivated relationships within the party ever since,” the AP reports.

“In both style and substance, John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro strike dramatically different profiles.”

“Yet their fate — and that of the Democratic Party — is intertwined in a pair of Pennsylvania elections that will be among the most closely watched in the U.S.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov, PA-Sen

Democrats Lead In Pennsylvania

June 15, 2022 at 8:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll in Pennsylvania finds John Fetterman (D) leading Mehmet Oz (R) by nine points in the U.S. Senate race, 46% to 37%.

In the race for governor, Josh Shapiro (D) has a 4-point advantage over Doug Mastriano (R), 44% to 40%.

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Doug Mastriano Sees Parallels with Hitler’s Rise

June 14, 2022 at 5:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R), who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, compared the riot that day “to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw ‘parallels’ between the criticism of the Jan. 6 attack and the 1933 Reichstag fire, which Hitler used to seize more power,” NBC News reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

Doug Mastriano Hires Ex-Trump Legal Adviser

June 13, 2022 at 5:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Jenna Ellis, who was among the most high-profile attorneys involved in the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, has joined Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign as a senior legal adviser,” Reuters reports.

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Democrats Drop Ad Blitz on Doug Mastriano

May 23, 2022 at 8:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Democrats and allied groups are launching a $6 million digital, television and voter mobilization campaign attacking GOP Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, betting that his pledges to completely ban abortion will turn off swing state voters,” Politico reports.

“The campaign is a massive sum for the starting gate of the most high-profiled gubernatorial races in the country. And it’s the latest indication that Democrats nationwide believe a potential Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark case Roe v. Wade will be a boon for turnout in November.”

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Doug Mastriano Warned of ‘Hitlerian Putsch’

May 20, 2022 at 10:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing ‘Hitlerian Putsch’ that would begin with the dismantling of the U.S. military and end with the destruction of the country’s democracy,” the Washington Post reports.

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Mastriano Won’t Run to the Center

May 18, 2022 at 1:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “When Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano was declared the victor in Tuesday night’s Republican gubernatorial nominating contest, he gave the customary speech to mark the occasion. And in that speech, he made very clear that his general election approach would not be to tack to the political center.”

“What Mastriano promised in his first comments as the Republican nominee to lead Pennsylvania… was a phalanx of right-wing bugaboos. Traditionally, candidates who had fought off an intraparty challenge would turn their attention to the general election with a well-honed focus on what might appeal to the electorate broadly. But that tradition was broken by Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, one in which Trump ran hard to the right to win the nomination … and then ran hard to the right in the general in the hope of getting members of the apathetic right to show up at the polls.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

Democrats Favored In Pennsylvania Governor’s Race

May 18, 2022 at 9:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Cook Political Report: “Josh Shapiro has a significant campaign war chest and a proven record of electoral crossover appeal, but a stronger GOP candidate might have blunted that crossover appeal. The national environment matters less in governors’ races, but candidate quality matters more.”

“We are shifting our rating in this race from Toss Up to Lean Democrat, and it could move into even safer Democratic territory as the cycle goes on.”

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Pennsylvania GOP Picks Mastriano for Governor

May 17, 2022 at 9:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Doug Mastriano (R) was projected to win the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday despite a flagging effort from some Republicans to block him from the nomination, The Hill reports.

New York Times: “In his short time in public office, Mr. Mastriano, 58, has emerged as Pennsylvania’s leading far-right figure.”

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Trump Leans Towards Endorsing Doug Mastriano

May 13, 2022 at 5:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former President Donald Trump “is leaning strongly towards endorsing the highly controversial Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) for governor,” Axios reports.

“Mastriano — who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 — has gone beyond trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election; he’s proposed defying Pennsylvania’s popular vote outcome and spoke at an event last month promoting QAnon conspiracies.”

“Democrats are salivating because they see him as beatable in a general election even in a political environment that’s extremely favorable to Republicans.”

New York Times: For many Pennsylvania voters, Trumpism is bigger than Trump.

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GOP Candidate for Pennsylvania Governor Backs Rival

May 12, 2022 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman (R) said “that he was ending his campaign and endorsing rival Lou Barletta (R), a move that comes as GOP leaders warn that leading candidate Doug Mastriano is too far right to win in a general election,” the AP reports.

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Mastriano Holds Big Lead In Pennsylvania Primary

May 9, 2022 at 11:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

 A new Trafalgar Group poll in Pennsylvania finds Doug Mastriano (R) leading the GOP gubernatorial primary field with 28%, followed by Lou Barletta (R) at 18%, Dave White (R) at 15% and William McSwain (R) at 14%.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

GOP Candidate Abruptly Ends Interview Over Capitol Riot

May 5, 2022 at 10:03 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R) abruptly ended an interview with Delaware Valley Journal, “angry over questions about his participation in a rally linked to QAnon conspiracy advocates.”

He also “objected to questions about his participation in the infamous January 6 protest that preceded the riot at the U.S. Capitol. More than 750 people have been arrested for their role in the assault on the Capitol building.”

Said Mastriano: “I resent the fact that you want to castigate anyone who went down to Washington D.C. on January 6th as some kind of enemy of the public. That is dangerous. You’re talking like an East German there.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

Dark Money Group Turns on Candidate It Supported

May 2, 2022 at 9:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A dark money group launched in February to support former Rep. Lou Barletta (R) in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania governor is now… attacking him on social media,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign, Campaign Finance Tagged With: PA-Gov

Pennsylvania Republicans Promote QAnon

April 27, 2022 at 4:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“When candidates for public office indulge in conspiracy theories like QAnon, it’s often with a wink and a nod,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

“But just weeks before Pennsylvania’s May 17 primary election, such ideas are being promoted in plain sight. And high-profile Republican candidates for statewide office are treating talk of a ‘global satanic blood cult’ like regular campaigning.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign, Conspiracy Theories Tagged With: PA-Gov

Trump Convinces Jake Corman to Stay In Race

April 13, 2022 at 6:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Pro Tempore of Pennsylvania’s Senate Jake Corman (R) “has petitioned to remain in the race for Governor hours after petitioning to have his name removed from the ballot after reportedly speaking with former President Donald Trump, who has not yet endorsed a candidate in the race,” WHTM reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

Pennsylvania GOP Will Nominate a Crackpot for Governor

April 12, 2022 at 2:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Amanda Carpenter: “LOL, if you thought Donald Trump’s endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate was the worst development in Pennsylvania’s 2022 GOP primaries, wait until you hear about the Republicans running for governor.”

“Pennsylvania Republicans will nominate a 2020 election conspiracist for governor in the May 17 primary. How can I be sure of that? Because they’re all election conspiracists. The only thing differentiating them is how far down the rabbit hole they go. And, there’s an excellent chance the nuttiest bunny of them all, Doug Mastriano, is going to win the primary.”

“Which means that Republicans might get a crackpot governing this swing state in 2024. What could possibly go wrong?”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: PA-Gov

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