State Sen. Doug Mastriano decided that he will not run for US Senate after hyping a long-awaited announcement on Facebook live. This allows former hedge fund manager Dave McCormick to Challenge Sen. Bob Casey in 2024.
The Democratic US Senator from Scranton made the announcement Monday. Casey’s success in 2024 will be a key factor in helping Democrats maintain a narrow Senate majority.
When Mastriano set out to claim the governorship in Pa. last year, he vowed to make Pennsylvania the “Florida of the North,” something that attendees of today’s press conference pushed back against.
Pennsylvania’s state and federal Democratic lawmakers have proposed numerous bills to address the plague of gun violence, but Republicans have repeatedly blocked those efforts, and introduced their own bills that do nothing to help keep people safe.
Robert Bowers has offered to plead guilty to killing 11 people in 2018 at the Pittsburgh synagogue in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.