The debate revolved around whether the PA Senate's inquiry was legitimate, and whether Republican senators and a contractor have a right to information protected by privacy laws.
Jake Corman had previously said that he would run for both the governor's office and his Senate seat at the same time when he announced his candidacy last month.
The state senator from Lancaster County joins an already crowded field of GOP candidates.
The attorney general's office accused Margo Davidson, a Democrat, of getting reimbursed for hotel stays, parking, tolls and gas by both her campaign and by the House from 2015 to 2019, and for putting in for reimbursements for hotel stays that never actually occurred.
The "forensic investigation," which is being launched in response to pressure from Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump upset over his 80,000-vote loss in the state, will cost Pennsylvania taxpayers $270,000.
Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney General Josh Shapiro are among those getting a bump in salary.
Jake Corman, the Senate's highest-ranking member, has served in the chamber since 1999 after taking over the seat his father held.
The Senate's president pro tempore had planned to make the formal announcement Thursday in his hometown of Bellefonte, but the event was canceled after Corman tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19. HARRISBURG — Jake Corman, the ranking Republican in Pennsylvania's...
An already crowded GOP field could grow with Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman’s expected announcement that he is running for governor.
The case involves reports of children who came to school hungry, a child burned in the face when their mother threw a cigarette out a car window, an adult telling children to kill themselves, and a 100-pound child still using a diaper.
