Republican Stacy Garrity seeks to challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid
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Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state Treasurer Stacy Garrity will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid in 2026.
  • humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    from the Bibles-and-Meth part of the state

    Not very specific, that’s like every part outside the metropolitan areas.

    I would agree that its a very purple state but surprisingly since I could vote the state has only had one Republican governer in the last 8 terms. And I only found that out by looking it up.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 month ago

    Garrity does not seem to have the political chops to win Pennsylvania Republicans. PA is the purplest of states, but she’s from the Bibles-and-Meth part of the state and it really comes through when she speaks out loud into a camera. She won the race as Treasurer because Main Line Republicans want a “fiscal conservative” holding the purse strings, but I’d bet money that 90% of PA republicans have never seen her speak. Raising her profile will hurt her, especially as a Trumplican.