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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Politics
Andrew Seidman and Chris Brennan

Barletta is getting new support in Pa. governor’s race as GOP leaders try to stop Mastriano

PHILADELPHIA — Lou Barletta, darling of the Republican establishment?

That might sound odd. The former congressman was among Donald Trump’s earliest supporters in 2016 — at a time when most national Republicans either didn’t take him seriously or desperately sought to elect anyone else.

But now Barletta is being anointed by some Pennsylvania Republican Party leaders as their last best chance to stop gubernatorial front-runner Doug Mastriano, the state senator from Franklin County who is perhaps even more popular among the MAGA faithful.

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