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‘What are you waiting for?’: DeSantis’ 2024 supporters worry he’s launching too late

WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis’ critics have spent weeks knocking his national political rollout, attacking his operation’s slow-motion pace and raising doubts about whether he’s already fallen irrevocably behind Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.

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Pa. GOP leaders once spurned Doug Mastriano. Now they’re giving him a ‘second look’ and fundraising support

PHILADELPHIA — In early May, Republican Party insiders in Pennsylvania were scrambling behind the scenes to thin the field in the governor’s race and unify around a single candidate — anyone, basically, but Doug Mastriano. Money was transferred. A poll was commissioned.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For Pennsylvania GOP, no turning back in bid as party leaders back Doug Mastriano for governor

PITTSBURGH — Having survived a last-ditch effort by some GOP officials to assemble around an alternative to his candidacy, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, may soon reap the reward: a united front in his battle against Democrat Josh Shapiro.

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How the Pa. Republican establishment broke itself trying to stop Doug Mastriano

On a rainy Friday earlier this month, several leading Republican candidates for governor drove to Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania for former President Donald Trump’s rally that evening.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 23 (May 19, 2022)

In this issue: Takeaways from five states’ primaries and former V.P. Pence to campaign for Kemp

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Mastriano wins the Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania

Doug Mastriano defeated Lou Barletta, Bill McSwain, Dave White, and five other candidates to win the May 17, 2022, Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Tom Wolf (D) was term-limited.

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Pennsylvania Democrats Say Doug Mastriano Is a Danger to Democracy. Why Did They Help Him Win?

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro ran ads that boosted Mastriano's GOP primary campaign. There's no way this strategy could ever backfire, right?

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Pennsylvania Republicans tried to stop Doug Mastriano. But first they followed him

Doug Mastriano first burst onto the national scene on Nov. 25, 2020, when he led a hearing in Gettysburg during which aggrieved Republican voters, Rudy Giuliani, and former President Donald Trump himself aired baseless allegations of fraud in the presidential election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano has won the GOP primary for Pa. governor after a campaign fueled by election lies

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Doug Mastriano, a far-right state senator and leading voice in Pennsylvania’s election denial movement who drew national attention for his efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat, has won the Republican nomination for governor, according to the Associated Press.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump-backed Doug Mastriano wins Pennsylvania GOP primary for governor

Trump's endorsement has continued to be powerful among the Republican base.

Axios

Mastriano, a Trump-backed election denier, leads Pennsylvania GOP field for governor

Far-right Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano is leading polls in the GOP primary for governor, panicking the state's Republican Party establishment. Former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta follows.

WEKU

Pennsylvania governor race divides Republicans, unites Dems

As Pennsylvania Republicans prepare to choose a nominee for governor, some party officials are twisted in knots over the possibility of a primary victory by a candidate many see as too far too the right to win statewide this fall

The Independent UK

Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary will wrap up a chaotic campaign and chart both parties’ paths forward

SCRANTON, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters go to the polls Tuesday after a dramatic and unpredictable primary delivered one more day of twists and questions, with one front-runner hospitalized, a surging candidate facing new questions, and a cliff-hanger finish looming in the Republican Senate race.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Candidate in hospital, others scrambling before Pa. primary

The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate are under way, with a top Senate candidate in the hospital and establishment Republicans trying to stave off victories by candidates they view as too toxic to win in the fall

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Oz, Mastriano extend leads in Pa.'s Republican primaries for US Senate, governor, new Emerson College poll says

In a poll conducted over the weekend of a relatively large sample of very likely Republican primary voters, former President Donald Trump's endorsed candidates for two of the state's biggest races — Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate and Doug Mastriano for governor — were leading the pack.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A major GOP group is ditching Bill McSwain, joining a last-ditch effort to help Lou Barletta stop Doug Mastriano

An influential Harrisburg conservative group that controls one of the biggest political action committees in Pennsylvania endorsed former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta for governor on Sunday, calling on other contenders to do the same to stop State Sen. Doug Mastriano from winning the Republican nomination.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump endorses Doug Mastriano in the Pa. governor's race, a late boost for the far-right front-runner

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump endorsed State Sen. Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania's Republican primary for governor, announcing his support for the front-runner just days before Tuesday's election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Barletta is getting new support in Pa. governor’s race as GOP leaders try to stop Mastriano

PHILADELPHIA — Lou Barletta, darling of the Republican establishment?

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Pa. GOP insiders are plotting at 11th hour to stop Doug Mastriano in governor’s race

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Republican insiders are making a last-ditch effort to rally behind a single candidate in the gubernatorial primary – and defeat the front-runner, Doug Mastriano.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

With a week to go, the GOP race for Pa. governor is all about Doug Mastriano

PHILADELPHIA — The Republican primary for Pennsylvania governor is coming down to the wire.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Kathy Barnette is neck-and-neck with Oz and McCormick in the Pa. Senate race, poll says

PHILADELPHIA — Maybe money really can’t buy everything.

WEKU

For purple states like Pennsylvania, abortion laws may depend on who becomes governor

If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the right to an abortion in purple states, like Pennsylvania, might largely depend on which party can keep or take control of state government.

Ballotpedia

Nine candidates are running in the May 17 Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania

Nine candidates are running in the May 17 Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Tom Wolf (D) is term-limited and cannot run for re-election.

The Independent UK

Election fraud claims thrive on Pennsylvania campaign trail

With two weeks until Pennsylvania’s primary election, Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate and governor continue to sow doubts about the legitimacy of 2020′s presidential election

Tribune News Service

How the Supreme Court's plan to strike down Roe v. Wade could affect Pennsylvania's 2022 US Senate, governor races

PITTSBURGH — As if it wasn’t important enough already, the 2022 midterm election cycle in Pennsylvania — a state whose Democratic governor has vowed for years to veto any bills limiting abortion access — took on new meaning overnight, candidates on both sides of the aisle said late Monday and…

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