PITTSBURGH — Speakers who opened for Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial front-runner Doug Mastriano at a recent rally described him as the “chosen candidate” and as someone ordained by God to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 win here.
Wearing a tie that read “With God, all things are possible,” Mastriano urged the crowd gathered Saturday at a hotel in Uniontown of the “need to pray, and pray hard,” for his victory in the primary Tuesday.
But recent polling suggests Mastriano has far more than a prayer's chance of winning next week's contest, with surveys last month indicating he had jumped into the top spot and then widened his lead in the crowded GOP field.
Mastriano, a state senator who made his name promoting former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election and whose campaign is infused with themes of Christian nationalism, appears on the brink of securing the Republican nomination for governor in one of the most critical of presidential swing states.
A Fox News survey released Tuesday found Mastriano leading his opponents with 29 percent support among Republican voters. Former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, the previous front-runner, was a distant second at 17 percent, followed by former U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain at 13 percent and businessman Dave White, a former Delaware County Council member, at 11 percent.
Should Mastriano win in the fall, he would have broad authority in overseeing elections by appointing a secretary of state. A number of Republicans,...
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