State Treasurer Stacy Garrity left no doubt that she wants to be the next Republican governor of Pennsylvania when she spoke to the Clarion County Republican Committee during the group’s annual dinner last week.

“We have a governor who cares more about Pennsylvania Avenue than he does Pennsylvania,” Garrity said. “We need a governor who will show up, roll up his sleeves and get the job done,” but defeating Democratic incumbent Josh Shapiro in the Nov. 4 election is going to require a mission that is “all hands on deck.”

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