Many of the best republicans from Pennsylvania – from the chairmen of the poviat party, to state legislators to the GOP donor – encourages the treasurer Stacy Garrita to run for the governor in 2026.
GOP in Pennsylvania, having great successes in the presidential election in November 2024, hopes a sedate attempt to win the governor. It will be a hill battle. The Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro won 15 percentage points in the 2022 election and remains an extremely popular governor of the first term. And whoever challenges him in 2026 will have to overcome his name and surname-considering in nationwide voting cards, as a candidate for a governor and prosecutor general, for over a decade-also his multi-billion war gearbox.
Until now, the GOP race for the Governor 2026 has several contenders who decide to start. Potential candidates who publicly said that they are considering complex Shapiro are Garrity, US representative Dan Meuser (R., Pa.) And former senator of State Gop Doug Mastriano (R., Franklin). President Donald Trump, in fact, the leader of the Republican Party, said at the beginning of this month that he supported Meuser if he decided to start.
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But this did not stop Garrita from winning large names in Pennsylvania to support her, even when he tells if he is officially in the race.
Bob Asher, a businessman and best donor and adviser to GOP, is among the most outstanding people encouraging Garrites. He said that he believed that Garrity has proved that he was a robust leader in the whole condition who would be a “perfect” governor.
“He now has exposure to the whole state and experience in the whole state to take the next step and become a governor,” Asher added.
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Her noteworthy supporters point to several key topics, why she would be the best to take Shapiro: her recent re -election win – in which she received the most votes of every candidate in the whole country in the history of state – her productive time as a treasurer returning millions of real estate to Pennsylvania, and decades in the American Army Reseves to retire as Pholonel.
“I told her,” Please, run, “said Kathy Kemp Jensen, chairman of GOP in Warren. “I honestly think he can beat [Shapiro]And I think she would do a fantastic job as a governor. “
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“It is as demanding as possible,” said a representative of Natalie Mihalek (R., Allegheny), noticing her military experience and annual visits to all 67 poviats of Pennsylvania. “It was not expected to win [treasurer] In 2020, but she detached the tail. And I know she would work after the governor. “
Although Garrity did not make a final decision whether she was inside, her campaign last week advertised a list of almost 40 representatives of the state, senators of the state, chairman of the unit or influential Republicans, who, according to the campaign, encouraged her to escape.
However, it seemed that some of these supporters did not decide on their minds either. Some Republicans on the list reached Friday via Inquirer, they said that they think Garrity is the best choice for GOP in 2026, while others said that they support both Garrity and Meuser. Almost everyone says that they oppose Mastriano for the second time, After he lost to Shapiro in 2022 with a wide margin.
Those who favor Garrita over Meuser said that they believe that he has better recognition in the whole state, and is afraid of losing a narrow GOP control in an American house, if Meuser did not apply for re -election in his safe Republican district in the north -eastern Pennsylvania.
And her supporters were almost all clear: they don’t want Mastriano to run away again.
“I don’t think” twice “,” said Steve Adams, chairman of GOP in Wayne. “I supported Doug, but I think that this time Stacy.”
Meuser, for his part, said that he would decide whether he would soon run away and is grateful for Trump’s support, if he does.
“Taking this into account, the treasurer of Garrita is a huge public official, whom I admire very much,” added Meuser. “The most vital thing for GOP is to recover the governor’s office, and this will take a united campaign, regardless of who the nomine is.”
Mastriano did not answer the request for comment. They were nominated for the GOP governor and a retired colleague of the American Army, approached the idea of ​​running with Garrita to some extent to show their grassroots supporters to defeat Shapiro, whose Garrrites did not comment.
Shapiro spokesman refused to comment.
In a statement, Garrita said that it is humiliating to receive support from the entire community for her potential candidacy, and she will decide “in the next few weeks” or escapes.
“Seeing this pouring support certainly gives me a lot to think about,” added Garrita.
