The 49-year-old will come into office with more experience in state government than any of his recent predecessors, including eight years as a state lawmaker.
The state’s two-term attorney general scored a massive 14 percentage point win over Republican rival Doug Mastriano in last week’s midterm election.
The state’s two-term elected attorney general ran to the middle on several key issues and smashed Pennsylvania’s campaign finance record in a powerhouse campaign.
They are vying to succeed Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term.
Both addresses offered a vision of freedom — and of the threat their opponents pose to it.
Mastriano was awarded a doctorate in history in 2013 for his research into American World War I hero Sgt. Alvin York. But that research has long been criticized by other researchers as inaccurate, sloppy and even fraudulent.
Election administration is especially important in the 2022 race for Pennsylvania governor as GOP candidate Doug Mastriano believes wrongly that President Joe Biden won because of widespread fraud.
