Doug Mastriano believes he’d win a Republican Pennsylvania Governor primary, if he runs

(WHTM) – Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano has already won one Republican gubernatorial primary, and he thinks he could win again.

Mastriano has been publicly weighing whether to mount a second campaign for Governor in 2026. He says his team is still in place from the 2022 run, where he won a nine-candidate primary with 44%, but lost to Josh Shapiro (D) by 800,000 votes.

This week, Mastriano said if he enters the Republican primary race, “we’re gonna win it.”

A retired Army colonel and combat veteran, Mastriano says he’s done an “after action review” on his 2022 loss and says he’s identified “several places where we missed strategically.”

Mastriano has also noted that he would support mail-in voting in a potential gubernatorial run, noting he lost a significant portion of the non-Election Day voting in 2022. While he has not made a final decision on whether to run, Mastriano has previously said he and his wife are praying over the decision.

Congressman Dan Meuser, who represents more than a dozen counties in Pennsylvania’s central and northeast regions, acknowledged earlier this month that he is considering a run for Governor.

Congressman Dan Meuser has said he is also considering a run for Governor and State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has ramped up fundraising while saying she will make a decision on a potential gubernatorial run in a few months.