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Doug Mastriano is sticking to his MAGA playbook in the general election for Pa. governor

PHILADELPHIA — He went on the podcast hosted by former Donald Trump aide and “Stop the Steal” leader Steve Bannon.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democrats are bankrolling ads promoting fringe Republican candidates. Here's why

As the midterm primary season rolls along, voters may have noticed a strange phenomenon of political advertising: Democrats paying for ads supporting Republican candidates.

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Will Bunch: The planet’s alarm clock is blaring but Pa. politicians hit the snooze button

A defining feature of American politics in the 21st century is the ability to be both shocked and unsurprised at the same time. That was certainly how it felt last month when I ventured out to the Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to hear many of the Republican…

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Abortion access to be 'front and center' in Pa. gubernatorial, Senate races

HARRISBURG, Pa. — It was the U.S. Supreme Court decision that Republicans had been seeking for 50 years. But its timing couldn't have been worse, some political analysts told the Post-Gazette following Friday's landmark ruling.

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Where Pa. law stands on abortion, and what candidates for governor and US Senate want for the future

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Supreme Court's historic decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent protecting the right to an abortion put a new focus on Pennsylvania's upcoming statewide elections.

Tribune News Service

Doug Mastriano seeks to mend GOP rifts and raise money to compete with Josh Shapiro

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, spent the last week acting as a GOP emissary with a message of party unity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Supreme Court’s abortion ruling puts spotlight on Pa. governor and state legislative races

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade thrust the races for the governor and state legislature in Pennsylvania into the spotlight as both parties gear up for a midterm campaign that will decide the fate of abortion access in the state.

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Mehmet Oz moved to Pa. to run for Senate. He won the state but lost his new home county

PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz got a lot of criticism for moving to Pennsylvania to run for Senate. And in the end, he won the primary without much of the hometown love candidates usually enjoy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania’s far-right, Trump-endorsed candidate was nominated for governor. Is Maryland’s next?

BALTIMORE — Sixteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon Line, Dan Cox was celebrating.

Tribune News Service

Dems' risky plan to boost GOP extremists

Democrats spent more money to boost election denier Doug Mastriano than he did. That could come back to haunt them

Salon

The Pa. primary election set voter turnout records. Here’s what else the data show

PHILADELPHIA — The 2022 Pennsylvania primary election — finally filed away in the history books after a recount — wasn’t just a wild political saga. It also set voter turnout records.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump lawyers contacted a top Pa. Republican every day during 2020 pressure campaign, Jan. 6 committee says

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler received daily phone calls from former President Donald Trump’s lawyers and saw protests outside his house amid a pressure campaign to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, he told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: GOP’s violent, expanding war on LGBTQ kids should make you think about 1930s Germany

I’ve been meaning to write a column on the growing threat — and reality — of violence to America’s LGBTQ community posed by right-wing rhetoric and politics, but it’s proved a difficult piece to write. Not because the “culture wars” around sexuality and gender are complicated — they can be,…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As midterm elections loom, chances of victory hinge on health of economy

PITTSBURGH — With inflation the highest it's been since the early 1980s and Americans feeling the pain of a downtrodden economy, Democrats in Pennsylvania — a state with two of the most high-profile races in the country — are hoping to convince voters that they should be an exception to…

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The Independent UK

Unlikely duo: Pennsylvania Democrats aim for united front

The fate of the Democratic Party is intertwined in a pair of Pennsylvania elections that’ll be closely watched this year

The Independent UK

Election 'deniers' quiet on fraud claims after primary wins

Dozens of Republican candidates who sought Donald Trump’s endorsement have spent months parroting the former president's baseless claims of 2020 election fraud

Chicago Sun-Times

Dems make risky bets on Trump Republicans

Will it get their guys elected? Or will Democrats have personally helped send some of the most extreme, anti-Democratic and dangerous candidates into elected office?

The Independent UK

More than 100 GOP primary election winners have embraced Trump’s stolen election claims

Ex-president’s ‘big lie’ fuels dozens of Republican candidates in state and federal elections

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The Guardian - US

More than 100 Republican primary winners support Trump’s baseless election claim

At least 108 primary victors in races across several states have won after repeating false claims originated by the former president

Axios

Democrats play with fire by boosting pro-Trump candidates in GOP primaries

The risky gambit assumes general-election voters have a red line for extreme candidates.

The Guardian - US

Despite January 6 panel’s efforts to stamp out Trump’s big lie, the myth rages on

Republican party fuels false claim of stolen election as it seeks to surge back into power in November’s midterm elections

The Independent UK

Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign

The Pennsylvania Republican nominee for governor who's pushed Donald Trump's election lies has appointed Trump's former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his campaign

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rep. Scott Perry asked Trump for a pardon after Jan. 6, committee leader says as hearings open

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., one of the leading figures in the effort to throw out Pennsylvania’s votes in the 2020 presidential election, was one of several members of Congress who contacted the White House seeking a pardon from Donald Trump in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack…

The Independent UK

Big campaign question for Democrats: Focus on Jan. 6 or not?

The public hearings of the House committee investigating the insurrection pose a challenge to Democrats seeking to maintain narrow control of Congress

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania GOP governor nominee endorsed by Trump agrees to meet with January 6 committee

Mastriano is the nominee for governor after Mr Trump’s endorsement and was at the Capitol on 6 January.

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