(WHTM) _ State Senator Doug Mastriano will not seek a second bid for Governor of Pennsylvania, less than three years after losing the governorship to Josh Shapiro.
Mastriano announced the decision on social media Wednesday afternoon and said he would not rule out a future run.
Mastirano, who has served in the State Senate representing Adams and Franklin counties since 2019, has previously expressed interest in another run for Governor in 2026. On July 29 he relaunched his campaign website “Doug4Gov” and told abc27 “We will see” when asked if he will run.
He’s been critical of the state Republican Party, which he says plans to coronate Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who declared her candidacy for Governor on August 18 and has been endorsed by Attorney General Dave Sunday and Auditor General Tim DeFoor.
A retired Army colonel, Mastriano told abc27 in February that he believes he could win another primary after clinching the party’s gubernatorial nomination in 2022 with nearly 44% support in a nine-person primary.
He went on to lose the general election to Shapiro by nearly 800,000 votes, with Shapiro receiving more than 56% of the vote.
Mastriano drew criticism throughout his gubernatorial campaign for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his presence in Washington, D.C., on January 6, though Mastriano says he did not participate in the Capitol riot.
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