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State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends the Senate Education Committee Hearing held at the Pennsylvania Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Pa. Senate committee advances emergency response proposals

BY: - March 8, 2023

The GOP-controlled panel also announced that Alan Shaw will appear before lawmakers during a hearing scheduled for Monday, March 20, 2023.

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends the Senate Education Committee Hearing held at the Pennsylvania Capitol on May 24, 2022 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Pa. Senate committee votes to subpoena Norfolk Southern CEO

BY: - March 1, 2023

The Republican-controlled committee voted 9-1 to subpoena Alan Shaw, requesting that the president and CEO of the railroad company testify about the train derailment in East Palestine.

Former Md. GOP gubernatorial candidate to serve as Mastriano’s chief of staff

BY: - February 10, 2023

Mastriano and Cox sought the governorship of their respective states and campaigned together in the lead-up to the 2022 general election. 

An image of a mock gallows on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is shown during a House committee hearing. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

U.S. House Jan. 6 committee: A look at the roles played by Perry, Mastriano

BY: - January 6, 2023

Here’s a look at what the committee said about the role played by Scott Perry and Doug Mastriano in the days leading up to the U.S. Capitol attack:

U.S. House Jan. 6 committee releases final report; Pa. pols Perry, Mastriano get mentions

BY: and - December 23, 2022

The panel finds that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection, demands accountability.

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Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano with his wife Rebbie at a campaign rally Thursday, 9/15/22 in suburban Philadelphia (Capital-Star photo by Peter Hall).

Pa. voters didn’t buy what Doug Mastriano was selling | Opinion

BY: - November 15, 2022

By Steve Catanese Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign died just as it was birthed – sad, deeply cynical, misguided, and incoherent. Lonely. It had a soul, to be sure. But this soul was as fertile as scorched earth, the fruit it bore tasting as bitter as one could expect from such soil. Its candidate nothing more […]

Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano with his wife Rebbie at a campaign rally Thursday, 9/15/22 in suburban Philadelphia (Capital-Star photo by Peter Hall).

Here’s what Doug Mastriano said — and didn’t say — in his concession speech

BY: - November 14, 2022

The Republican wished Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro well and said the state is in need of election law changes.

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A red wave that turned into a red trickle is a red flag for the GOP | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 14, 2022

And, nearly a week after Election Day, GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has conceded.

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Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. To Democrats | Opinion

BY: - November 11, 2022

Many of us saw the handwriting for the GOP's Election Day defeats in Pennsylvania.

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White nationalism advocates for a white nation and the protection of white interests. (Photo illustration by Laina Stebbins)

Were the 2022 midterm results a rejection of white Christian Nationalism?

BY: - November 11, 2022

My answer is an enthusiastic maybe, a pastor and advocate says.

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Pa. voters sent the GOP a message on Tuesday. They need to listen | Thursday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 10, 2022

Pennsylvania voters soundly rejected the toxic extremism poisoning our politics.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano with his wife Rebbie at a campaign rally Thursday, 9/15/22 in suburban Philadelphia (Capital-Star photo by Peter Hall).

Election deniers lose attempts to control elections in critical battleground states

BY: - November 9, 2022

Several prominent Republican candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election lost their races on Tuesday, but other critical races featuring election deniers have not been called. Going into Election Day, election deniers were on the ballot in around half of the races for governor and secretary of state and one-third of the races […]