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Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano challenges Democrat Josh Shapiro to two debates, but with conditions

PITTSBURGH — Gubernatorial debates in Pennsylvania are usually hosted by independent media outlets, moderated by journalists and news anchors who have been covering the campaigns for months.

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Josh Shapiro’s new ads cite Doug Mastriano’s ties to antisemitic content on Gab

PHILADELPHIA — State Attorney General Josh Shapiro started spending more than $1 million Sunday for two television ads linking State Sen. Doug Mastriano, his Republican opponent in the race for governor in Pennsylvania, to “antisemitic, alt-right extremists” on the social media platform Gab.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Josh Shapiro, Doug Mastriano race for Pennsylvania governor puts partisan divide in clear view

PITTSBURGH — Circling the state just three months before the November election, Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano — gubernatorial contenders hoping to take over for Gov. Tom Wolf — agree on one thing:

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Gab: Home to GOP's neo-Nazi wing

Gab founder Andrew Torba's virulent antisemitism makes GOP candidates uncomfortable — but they still need him

Salon

FBI drops subpoenas on Pennsylvania GOP

FBI's fake elector investigation appears to be picking up speed amid a flurry of moves this week

Salon

Trifecta status on the line in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial election on Nov. 8

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D), state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R), and three others are running in the general election for governor of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Tom Wolf (D) cannot run for re-election due to term limits.

Ballotpedia

Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano meets with Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, for less than 15 minutes

PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, had a very brief visit Tuesday with the congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Dems unwilling to back Biden

A number of lawmakers in President Biden's own party have been unwilling in recent days to say he should seek re-election in 2024.

Axios

Thousands of Pa. Democrats are leaving for the Republican Party. No one seems sure why

PITTSBURGH — A significant number of voters in Western Pennsylvania are leaving the Democratic Party to become Republicans ahead of the 2022 midterms, a trend that's taken shape over several years and has both parties split on what the reason for the pattern is.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Peter Meijer's Trump-Backed Primary Challenger Got a $435,000 Gift From Democrats

If election denial is an existential threat to the country, why are Democrats boosting John Gibbs?

Reason

Doug Mastriano breaks with controversial social media site Gab and its founder

PHILADELPHIA — Some political partnerships blaze brightly and then burn out. Just ask Doug Mastriano and Gab, the controversial social media platform known for its antisemitic postings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fetterman and Shapiro lead Oz and Mastriano in key Pa. races, despite headwinds against Democrats, poll finds

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro hold big early leads in Pennsylvania’s critical races for U.S. Senate and governor, while their Republican opponents face significant skepticism from voters, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ allies are back on the ballot in Pa., and could win more power over the next election

PHILADELPHIA — The summer hearings on the Jan. 6 riot have reinforced the direct line between Pennsylvania and the attack that tried to subvert American democracy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Did Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano play a role in Trump’s fake elector plot? Campaign remains silent

PHILADELPHIA — Two competing versions of state Sen. Doug Mastriano’s role in Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme emerged this week. Mastriano, now the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, has yet to clear it up.

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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.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Don't kid yourself. Doug Mastriano can win

The key to understanding the upcoming elections, and especially the confounding race for Pennsylvania governor, may be Chris Pratt and his hit streaming series, "The Terminal List." Here's how critic Rebecca Onion, writing for Slate, describes Amazon Prime's top show: "The Terminal List is a classic American fantasy about the…

The Independent UK

GOP warms to far-right gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania

Republicans are warming up to the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A Jewish Republican group is denouncing Doug Mastriano’s links to an extremist social-media site

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano is facing blistering criticism from Jewish leaders — Democrats and Republicans — following the disclosure that he’s using Gab, a social-media site favored by extremists and antisemites, to advertise his Republican campaign for governor.

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The Independent UK

Democrats say they’re the most extreme Republicans to ever run for office. So, why are they helping them win?

Democrats are once again employing a controversial strategy to boost extremist Republican candidates in primary campaigns. Experts say they’re “playing with fire.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano campaign blames ‘default Facebook setting’ for deleted videos, ignores other questions

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor, is sounding the “fake news” alarm over a Monday Inquirer article about his disappearing Facebook videos, claiming that they were removed due to a “default Facebook setting” that automatically deleted the videos after 30 days.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Philly to push for protection of abortion and voting rights

PHILADELPHIA — During a visit to Philadelphia on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris cast the outcome of Pennsylvania’s November elections as a crucial inflection point that could determine whether the nation’s government heads down a path of restricting or expanding civil rights.

Tribune News Service

Seeing Pa. as battlefield, Never Trumpers unite against Doug Mastriano

PITTSBURGH — A political committee with connections to the Never Trump movement and to a high-profile neoconservative, will dip into Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, "playing heavily" — its political director said — to convince college-educated suburban voters to buck Republican Doug Mastriano.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A ‘blockbuster’ movie about Doug Mastriano is ready to premiere — if a theater will show it

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been billed as a summer “blockbuster,” a hagiographic documentary about State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, that is set to premiere Saturday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs executive order to protect abortion-seekers traveling from other states

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has joined New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in offering protections for out-of-state women seeking reproductive health services, including abortion, as roughly half of U.S. states ban or work to impose restrictions on abortion.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania town ‘broke the law’ by hiring police officer who killed Tamir Rice

The Pennsylvania attorney general says that the town of Tioga hired Timothy Loehmann without performing a required background check

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