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UNCOVERED: 27 - The Untold Story

Take two! Detailing 377 election rematches this year

Welcome to the Tuesday, October 25, Brew.

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Doug Mastriano: Trying to hide the scary

GOP candidate for governor in Pennsylvania fakes normalcy, champions conspiracy theories that make QAnon look tame

Salon

Editorial: Mastriano too dangerous, too extreme; Shapiro's sound competence better choice for Pa. governor

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Doug Mastriano: is the Trump-backed election denier too extreme to win?

The far-right Republican, running for governor in Pennsylvania, has extremist views – and he hasn’t softened his positions one bit

The Guardian - US

US politics’ post-shame era: how Republicans became the party of hate

Far from entering the midterms as the party of tolerance, diversity and sincerity, critics say, the Republican party has shown itself to be the opposite

The Guardian - US

Doug Mastriano adviser Jenna Ellis questions Josh Shapiro's faith — 'at best a secular Jew'

PHILADELPHIA — Jenna Ellis, the senior legal adviser to Doug Mastriano's Republican bid for Pennsylvania, serves in that role primarily to stir his deeply conservative base and to agitate controversy on social media.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democrats in Pennsylvania take up the fight for abortion rights

In the battleground US state of Pennsylvania, Democrats hope that defending abortion rights will mobilise their electorate, especially women, and allow them to win votes in the November 8 midterm elections.

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As Shapiro and Fetterman run as a ticket, Mastriano and Oz avoid each other

PHILADELPHIA — As Attorney General Josh Shapiro thanked a group of union workers gathered to launch a day of door knocking around Philadelphia, he gestured to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman waiting at the foot of the stage.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

In a rare rebuke, 2 retired War College professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit to be governor

PHILADELPHIA — Tami Davis Biddle, the former chair of the faculty council at the U.S. Army War College, wrote in a Harrisburg newspaper recently that Doug Mastriano doesn't "deserve our trust or support."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Campaign finance record broken in Pennsylvania governor race

Pennsylvania’s Democratic nominee for governor has smashed the state’s 2-decade-old campaign spending record

The Independent UK

Why the nation should have its eyes on Josh Shapiro’s wildly dominant campaign

PHILADELPHIA — Doug Mastriano, John Fetterman, and Mehmet Oz have all drawn the national spotlight this year.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The key races to watch in the 2022 US midterms

Control of the Senate could hang on results in a handful of states while votes for governor and secretary of state could affect the conduct of future elections

The Guardian - US

Fight for Black voters intensifies in close Pa. Senate race

Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race

The Independent UK

In Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano has the fervent base. But Mehmet Oz is trying to reach swing voters

PHILADELPHIA — When Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz held a rally in Bucks County, he brought in Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, a fairly traditional Republican who laces his political attacks with a Southern drawl and comic delivery.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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State law in four states requires partisan labels for school board elections

Welcome to the Monday, October 3, Brew.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano says ‘lawlessness is killing Philadelphia,’ as protesters outside call him ‘extremist’

PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Doug Mastriano told a crowd in North Philadelphia on Friday, that Latinos were the future of the Republican Party and encouraged them to support his campaign for governor, which he said was all about “Dios, patria, familia.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Pa. Senate race is tightening as Oz closes in on Fetterman

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Senate race is getting very, very close.

Salon

Is abortion murder? GOP can't decide

It's a question that alienates voters, and that most anti-abortion groups won't touch. But it's out there

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

As campaign struggles, Doug Mastriano plans ‘40 days of fasting and prayer’

PHILADELPHIA — It was billed as a blockbuster, but ended up a flop. If Doug Mastriano’s “big rally” last weekend were a movie, its Rotten Tomatoes score would be in the single digits.

The Guardian - US

Top Republican urged murder charges for women who defied abortion ban

Pennsylvania governor hopeful Doug Mastriano made comments in 2019 while discussing abortion bill he proposed as state senator

The Independent UK

Republican Doug Mastriano once said women should be charged with murder for violating proposed abortion ban

Republicans across the US have backed away from hardline abortion stances

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pa. gubernatorial candidate Mastriano mocks opponent Shapiro as ‘little Josh.’ Shapiro’s revenge is a massive bank account

PHILADELPHIA — State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, frequently mocks the height of his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

The Independent UK

Shapiro wages drama-free Pa. campaign amid big personalities

In one of the most politically competitive states in the U.S., the Democratic contender for Pennsylvania governor is waging a notably drama-free campaign

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New ‘prophet’ on the campaign trail with Doug Mastriano is a prayer-coin salesman who calls Biden the ‘antichrist’

PHILADEPHIA — Five years before Lance Wallnau joined Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano on the campaign trail, the Texas-based evangelist told his audience in a live-streamed video about how an “anointed cake” baked by prostitutes once resulted in a gay man becoming heterosexual.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doug Mastriano’s claims about Main Line Jewish school draw rebuke from alumnus Jake Tapper

PHILADELPHIA — CNN host Jake Tapper didn’t take kindly to Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano attacking his high school.

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