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.
One version of the proposal calls for rallying behind former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who was well-liked by former President Donald Trump and polling in second place in the latest public survey. It’s a longshot ploy a week before the primary that many Republicans believe is likely to fail.
Hoping to head off that possibility, a number of party insiders and representatives of the campaigns chasing Mastriano met this week to discuss coalescing around just one of the alternatives for governor – Barletta, Jake Corman, Bill McSwain, or Dave White. None have been able to catch Mastriano, but organizers of the effort hope that by uniting, they might stop a candidate who has a strong floor of support, but perhaps a limited ceiling given some of his views.
The move in the governor’s race also comes as a Mastriano ally, Kathy Barnette, is rising in the Republican Senate primary, now within striking distance of the lead in that race, according to Republicans familiar with internal polling, creating similar fears that her views might endanger a critical Senate seat.reflected the insiders’ dilemma, and their seemingly weakening grip on the party. Mastriano had 29% support among Republican primary voters, with Barletta, his closest competitor, at 17%.
“The lockdowns assaulted our freedoms, masking our children, closing our businesses, and confining the elderly,” Mastriano says in a TV ad. “We stood together through those dark times protecting medical freedom, reopening our economy and our schools.” And Barletta’s campaign said he would be joined Wednesday by former Gov. Mark Schweiker and former Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley for a “major campaign announcement.”Mastriano has held significant leads in virtually every public poll of the governor’s race, but many party insiders believe his views will be toxic in the general election and could cost the GOP the governor’s office in what is shaping up as an historically strong election environment for Republicans.
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