Mastriano’s confidence about party unity is born from a recent poll, showing Shapiro with a narrow lead, but still within the margin of error.
“So this actually sent shock waves across the establishment,” Mastriano said Monday. “Because many of them in the elite, leading class, they kind of wrote me off.”
Speaking Wednesday to News Talk 103.7-FM, a conservative station in his home county, Mastriano noted that he had just won a primary crowded with candidates who vastly outspent him. Shapiro was unopposed in his primary. Again, Mastriano pushed the poll. “We have to get unified,” Mastriano said. “I’m looking around the room here, and I see lots of beautiful donors.”
Remember those controversial mailers last month that attacked three state representatives from Philadelphia as soft on crime just before the primary? The trio — Elizabeth Fiedler, Rick Krajewski, and Chris Rabb — all easily defeated challengers backed by Philly’s Democratic City Committee. But Gleason, who launched the nonprofit A Greater PHL in November to fund the PAC he helped start in May, Greater Expectations PHL, will have to play by Philadelphia’s campaign finance rules as he gears up for the 2023 races for City Council and mayor.
Doug Mastriano defeated a crowded field of Republicans to win the party's primary for Pennsylvania governor. The big question now is whether he can build a coalition to beat Democrat Josh Shapiro.
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