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FILE - Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks during a campaign event at Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Newtown, Pa., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pennsylvania state senator sues critics of his book about WWI hero Sgt. York

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, center, attends a Commemoration Ceremony in Schenley Park, in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, three years after a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania's next governor in January 2023 after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

For Jews, Shapiro’s big win is a high note amid antisemitism

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Dr. Mehmet Oz addresses an election rally in Latrobe, Pa. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Ticket-splitters poised to shake up election tallies in Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Hampshire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at an election rally in Latrobe, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Trump casts doubt on Pennsylvania elections, warns of Dems’ ‘cheating’ against Oz, Mastriano

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks ahead of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 3, 2022. Mastriano has alluded to proposals during his campaign that would be a transformative overhaul of the more than $30 billion K-12 education system, with public dollars eligible to fund students’ private education. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

GOP nominee for Pa. governor calls for prayer and fasting as campaign struggles

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for governor, speaks to the crowd during a campaign event at Adams County Democratic Party headquarters, Sept. 17, 2022, in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Shapiro wages drama-free Pa. campaign amid big personalities

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

In this March 16, 2021, photo, the statue of World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York stands on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. University Press of Kentucky director Ashley Runyon outlined plans for the potential corrections and revisions to Sen. Doug Mastriano's book in emails Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, to The Associated Press and to another researcher looking into York's 1918 acts of heroism while fighting in France. A Canadian university is making public Pennsylvania governor candidate Mastriano's 2013 doctoral thesis about World War I hero Sgt. York. Rival researchers have long criticized Mastriano's investigation into York as plagued by factual errors, amateurish archaeology and sloppy writing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Amid campaign, Mastriano’s disputed dissertation made public

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

In this file photo, Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, left, is accompanied by former President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally in Greensburg, Pa., Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trump to host Saturday night rally for Oz, Mastriano in Wilkes-Barre

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 2021. As attorney general, Shapiro went to court repeatedly to defend Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's administration against legal challenges to his pandemic-era mandates and shutdowns. Now, as he's running to succeed Wolf as governor, Shapiro says he is against some of the same COVID-19 containment measures that his fellow Democrat used to help manage the nation's worst pandemic in over a century. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Josh Shapiro breaks with Democrats on COVID policies in Pennsylvania governor’s race

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Doug Mastriano speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Republicans dismiss Democratic furor over old photo of Mastriano in Confederate uniform

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. If Mastriano is elected governor of Pennsylvania, the state could become a test case for his idea to wipe its voter rolls clean and make everyone re-register if they want to vote again. Mastriano has repeatedly raised the idea on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

GOP gubernatorial candidate Mastriano turns over docs, agrees to interview with House Jan. 6 panel

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, takes part in a primary night election gathering in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns

By Peter Smith and Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, left, a Republican running for Governor of Pennsylvania, arrives at a campaign stop Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Portersville, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Trump backs Mastriano in Pa. GOP governor primary

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Lou Barletta speaks at a news conference where he accepted the endorsement of a rival in Pennsylvania's crowded Republican primary for governor, Jake Corman, right, May 12, 2022, in Harrisburg, Pa. Corman's endorsement comes as GOP leaders warn that leading Republican primary candidate Doug Mastriano is too far right to win in a general election. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

GOP rallies behind Lou Barletta in Pa. governor’s race to prevent defeat in November

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

FILE - Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin takes part in a forum for Republican candidates for governor of Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., April 1, 2022. Mastriano, supports an abortion ban starting at six weeks of pregnancy without exceptions for rape, incest or saving the life of the mother. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, Philadelphia election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the general election, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Pennsylvania county asks senator to stop seeking vote audit

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Philly election board rejects 2020 audit: ‘There was no fraud and the election went well’

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Challenger U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta meets with reporters following his second debate with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, Friday Oct. 26, 2018, in the studio of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Casey, 58, of Scranton, is seeking a third six-year term. Barletta, 62, of Hazleton, is in his fourth term in Congress. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ** FILE **

GOP candidates for Pa. governor anxiously vie for Trump’s support amid calls for 2020 election audit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a rally at Sharon Baptist Church in Philadelphia on Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

Pennsylvania orders counties not to comply with GOP senator’s request for 2020 election data

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2020, photo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, center, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump as they demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., after Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States. Mastriano, said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021, that, as chair of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, he issued letters to several counties, requesting "information and materials needed to conduct a forensic investigation of the 2020 General Election and the 2021 Primary." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Trump ally seeks ‘forensic investigation’ of 2020 election in Pennsylvania

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times