Corman is expected to announce on Friday he is endorsing Lou Barletta in the race for the nomination. The winner of Tuesday's primary will face Josh Shapiro in the fall.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman is expected to announce on Thursday he is dropping out of the race and will be endorsing former U.S. congressman and Hazelton mayor Lou Barletta to be the party's nominee.
Corman, whose rankings in the polls have been lagging in the crowded nine-person field for the GOP nomination, wants to see the party come together and elect a candidate who can beat presumptive Democratic nominee Josh Shapiro in November for the open governor’s seat, the source said. In Corman’s mind, that is Barletta, a former Hazelton mayor and U.S. congressman.
“We have a chance to elect a governor in November and the only way that can happen is if they elect someone who can win,” the source said. “Jake believes it’s time for him and his fellow candidates to unite behind Lou.”as the frontrunner with Barletta at times a distant second. Fears are rising within party ranks that if Mastriano were to win the nomination, he would lose by double digits to Shapiro.
Party insiders met earlier in the week to discuss the idea of coalescing around an alternative to Mastriano in hopes of heading off a victory for the far-right senator from Franklin County, according t
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