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Jake Corman is expected to end his Republican campaign for Pennsylvania governor, sources say
Jake Corman is expected to end his Republican campaign for Pennsylvania governor, sources say
by Andrew Seidman
Updated 11 minutes ago
Jake Corman, the leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, is expected to end his Republican campaign for governor, according to sources familiar with the matter. Corman will file a petition in state court as early as Tuesday to remove his name from the ballot for the May 17 primary election, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
That would leave eight Republican candidates vying for the party’s nomination, including former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, former U.S. attorney Bill McSwain, and former Delaware County Councilman Dave White.
(snip)
He campaigned as the “conservative who stood up to” Gov. Tom Wolf and highlighted his legal challenges to the administration’s mask mandate in schools, successful opposition to the governor’s proposed new taxes, and his support for a partisan investigation of the 2020 election. But Corman didn’t gain much traction in the polls, and early staff departures seemed to reflect a campaign uncertain about its direction.
(snip)
Last summer, he embraced calls for a “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election, pursuing a review that former President Donald Trump and his allies had been urging for months. Mastriano had been leading that charge, threatening Philadelphia and other counties with subpoenas if they didn’t’ hand over election materials. Then Corman ousted Mastriano from his leadership position and took control of the inquiry.
(snip)
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Published April 12, 2022
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/jake-corman-drop-out-pennsylvania-governor-race-20220412.html
by Andrew Seidman
Updated 11 minutes ago
Jake Corman, the leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, is expected to end his Republican campaign for governor, according to sources familiar with the matter. Corman will file a petition in state court as early as Tuesday to remove his name from the ballot for the May 17 primary election, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
That would leave eight Republican candidates vying for the party’s nomination, including former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, former U.S. attorney Bill McSwain, and former Delaware County Councilman Dave White.
(snip)
He campaigned as the “conservative who stood up to” Gov. Tom Wolf and highlighted his legal challenges to the administration’s mask mandate in schools, successful opposition to the governor’s proposed new taxes, and his support for a partisan investigation of the 2020 election. But Corman didn’t gain much traction in the polls, and early staff departures seemed to reflect a campaign uncertain about its direction.
(snip)
Last summer, he embraced calls for a “forensic investigation” of the 2020 election, pursuing a review that former President Donald Trump and his allies had been urging for months. Mastriano had been leading that charge, threatening Philadelphia and other counties with subpoenas if they didn’t’ hand over election materials. Then Corman ousted Mastriano from his leadership position and took control of the inquiry.
(snip)
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Published April 12, 2022
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/jake-corman-drop-out-pennsylvania-governor-race-20220412.html
He was part of the GOP loon clown car, whose primary winner would end up running against Josh Shapiro (D), who is currently the PA AG, and who so far doesn't have any other competition on the ballot for the Democratic party primary (at least as far as I know).
Link to tweet
Josh Shapiro
@JoshShapiroPA
Republicans in Harrisburg are burning over $450,000 of taxpayer dollars for their sham "audit" just to confirm Joe Biden's victory — for the 3rd time.
They should be focused on creating jobs, repairing our infrastructure, and making health care more affordable — but they're not.
11:39 AM · Feb 6, 2022
@JoshShapiroPA
Republicans in Harrisburg are burning over $450,000 of taxpayer dollars for their sham "audit" just to confirm Joe Biden's victory — for the 3rd time.
They should be focused on creating jobs, repairing our infrastructure, and making health care more affordable — but they're not.
11:39 AM · Feb 6, 2022
(didn't realize that "audit" mess was still going on
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he might have been a legit (however "legit" anyone in the GOP could potentially be) "contender" since he has some name recognition in his position in the state Senate (including generational familial ties in politics in the state).
But IMHO, all of them are nothing but a basketful of deplorables (and that includes both McSwain and the ass Joe Gale, who are both from here in the east).
