Doug Mastriano’s determined efforts to discredit the 2020 election results have made him a contender for Pennsylvania governor
As recently as three years ago, Doug Mastriano was a political nobody who finished fourth in a House primary in Pennsylvania.
Mastriano’s sudden ascent from failed congressional candidate to state senator to leading voice in the national movement to discredit the 2020 election results is a familiar portrait of political ambition. But it’s also a revealing snapshot of Trump-era GOP politics, and how the baseless claims of 2020 election fraud are shaping next year’s election landscape.
A little-known state senator from central Pennsylvania until last year, Mastriano began developing a following among grassroots conservative activists even before the November election for his outspoken criticism of coronavirus-related restrictions.
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