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{{short description|American politician (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Doug Mastriano
| image               = Doug_Mastriano_Civilian.png
| caption             = Mastriano in 2022
| state_senate        = Pennsylvania
| district            = [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 33|33rd]]
| term_start          = June 10, 2019
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Richard Alloway]]
| successor           = 
| birth_name          = Douglas Vincent Mastriano
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1964|1|2}}
| birth_place         = [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Rebecca "Rebbie" Stewart|1987}}
| children            = 1
| education           = [[Mercer County Community College]]<br>[[Eastern University (United States)|Eastern University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[National Intelligence University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]] ([[Master of Military Art and Science|MMAS]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[United States Army War College]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[University of New Brunswick]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| website             = {{plainlist|
*{{URL|https://www.doug4gov.com/|Campaign website}}
*{{URL|1=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/Senate_bio.cfm?id=1869|2=Legislative profile}}
}}
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
| branch              = {{flag|United States Army}}
| rank                = {{Dodseal|USAO6-2015}} [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
| serviceyears        = 1986–2017
| unit                = [[2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|2nd Cavalry Regiment]]<br>[[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Infantry Division]]<br>[[United States Army Europe and Africa]]
| battles             = [[Gulf War]]<br>[[Iraq War]]
}}

'''Douglas Vincent Mastriano''' (born January 2, 1964) is an American [[far-right]]<ref name="RepublicanPanic" /><ref name=RepublicansChoice>{{cite news |last1=Epstein |first1=Reid J. |title=Doug Mastriano, a far-right 2020 election denier, is Pennsylvania Republicans' choice for governor. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/politics/doug-mastriano-pa-governor-gop.html |access-date=May 18, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Allan |title=Far-right election denier Mastriano wins GOP race for governor in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/far-right-election-denier-mastriano-wins-gop-race-governor-pennsylvani-rcna29136 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=May 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunklau |first1=Sam |title=A far-right election denier wins GOP governor primary in swing state of Pennsylvania |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099374329/pennsylvanias-republican-governor-race-mastriano-barletta-shapiro-results |access-date=May 19, 2022 |work=[[NPR]] |date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> politician and retired military officer who has served in the [[Pennsylvania Senate]] since 2019, representing the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 33|33rd district]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he was also the party's nominee in the [[2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election]].

Born in New Jersey, Mastriano served in the [[United States Army]] from 1986 to 2017 and attained the rank of [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]]. He ran for U.S. Congress in [[Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district]] in 2018, where he finished fourth in the primary. Mastriano won the state senate seat for the 33rd District the following year in a special election. In 2022, he won the Republican nomination for governor and lost to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Josh Shapiro]] in the general election.

Mastriano is a prominent figure in fundamentalist [[Christian nationalism]] and has called the [[Separation of church and state in the United States|separation of church and state]] a myth.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dias |first1=Elizabeth |title=The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 8, 2022|quote=The separation of church and state was a 'myth,' he said. 'In November we are going to take our state back, my God will make it so.' Mr. Mastriano's ascension in Pennsylvania is perhaps the most prominent example of right-wing candidates for public office who explicitly aim to promote Christian power in America. The religious right has long supported conservative causes, but this current wave seeks more: a nation that actively prioritizes their particular set of Christian beliefs and far-right views and that more openly embraces Christianity as a bedrock identity.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-religion-nationalism-8bf7a6115725f508a37ef944333bc145 |publisher=Associated Press |date=May 29, 2022|author1=Peter Smith|author2=Deepa Bharath}}</ref> He has made social media posts referencing [[QAnon]] and has spoken at events that promoted QAnon and [[9/11 conspiracy theories]].<ref name="RepublicanPanic">{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania GOP panics over possible Mastriano nomination |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/10/pennsylvania-republicans-stop-mastriano-00031607 |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=[[Politico]] |last1=Otterbein |first1=Holly |last2=Montellaro |first2=Zach |date=May 10, 2022 |location=[[Philadelphia]]}}</ref><ref name="NewYorker">{{Cite magazine|last=Griswold|first=Eliza|date=May 9, 2021 |title=A Pennsylvania Lawmaker and the Resurgence of Christian Nationalism|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/a-pennsylvania-lawmaker-and-the-resurgence-of-christian-nationalism|access-date=May 11, 2021|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="MM">{{Cite web|last=Hanonoki|first=Eric|date=July 13, 2021 |title=PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano promoted QAnon on Twitter over 50 times|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/pa-state-sen-doug-mastriano-promoted-qanon-twitter-over-50-times|language=en-US|website=[[Media Matters for America]]|access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2022 |title=GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ap-donald-trump-democrats-gop-harrisburg-b2075924.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref name="spt">{{cite news |last1=Huangpu |first1=Kate |title=Pa. primary election 2022: Your guide to the Democratic and GOP candidates for governor |url=https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/04/pa-primary-governor-election-2022-candidates-guide/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=Spotlight PA |date=April 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Inquirer"/> An [[Election denial movement in the United States|election denier]] and self-professed close ally of former president [[Donald Trump]], Mastriano received national attention for his [[efforts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]].<ref name="InquirerJanuary6th">{{cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-capitol-riot-pennslyvania-video-20210525.html|title=Pa. GOP lawmaker Doug Mastriano says he left the Capitol area before the riot. New videos say otherwise.|date=May 25, 2021 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref>

He attended Trump's [[January 6 United States Capitol attack#January 6 Trump rally|January 6 rally]] in Washington, D.C., prior to [[2021 United States Capitol attack|Trump supporters' storming of the United States Capitol]],<ref name="InquirerJanuary6th" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Kaleigh |date=November 1, 2022 |title=Meet The Midterm Candidates Who Attended The Jan. 6 Rally |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/meet-the-midterm-candidates-who-attended-the-jan-6-rally/ |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en-US}}</ref> and was seen on video passing through [[United States Capitol Police|Capitol Police]] barriers after they had been breached by others in the crowd.<ref name="InquirerJanuary6th" /> Mastriano was subpoenaed by the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]] in February 2022, but stopped cooperating with the Select Committee the following August.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Doug Mastriano, Pa. GOP nominee for governor, cooperating with Jan. 6 panel |language=en |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pa-gop-gov-nominee-doug-mastriano-cooperating-jan-6-committee-rcna31680 |access-date=June 12, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=June 2, 2022 |first1=Allan |last1=Smith |first2=Julia |last2=Jester }}</ref><ref name="Deposition" />

==Early life and education==
===Early life===
Mastriano was born in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], on January 2, 1964, the son of [[Italian Americans]] Richard L. and Janice C. (Bono) Mastriano.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 9, 1964 |title=Area Hospital Births: St. Peter's General Hospital; Mastriano |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73961509/area-births/ |work=The Daily Home News |location=New Brunswick, NJ |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 31, 2019 |title=Obituary, Richard Louis Mastriano |url=https://obits.nj.com/obituaries/trenton/obituary.aspx?n=richard-louis-mastriano&pid=194874645&fhid=27062 |work=[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]] |location=Trenton, NJ |via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> Raised in [[Hightstown, New Jersey]], he graduated from [[Hightstown High School]] in 1982. He was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] and obtained the rank of [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="WFMZ-TV 69 News">{{cite web |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/senator-doug-mastriano-announces-plan-to-run-for-governor/article_8c75d7c0-7098-11ec-af8d-cfbf05148eb3.html|title=Senator Doug Mastriano announces plan to run for Governor|date=January 8, 2022 |website=[[WFMZ-TV|WFMZ-TV 69 News]] |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>
He then attended [[Mercer County Community College]], where he was a member of [[Psi Beta]] and [[Phi Theta Kappa]].<ref>{{cite news |date=June 23, 1983 |title=Local happenings: Douglas V. Mastriano |url=https://www.digifind-it.com/hightstown/data/gazette/1983/1983-06-23.pdf |work=The Hightstown Gazette |location=Hightstown, NJ |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 12, 1983 |title=Area Students Inducted Into National Honor Societies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73959475/area-students/ |work=Messenger-Press |location=Allentown, NJ |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Mastriano himself has said that he did not grow up in a "strong Christian family", but was led to embrace religion as a teenager by an "on-fire youth pastor" after being invited to a youth group called "The Way".<ref name="InquirerNationalist" />

In 1986, Mastriano received a bachelor's degree in history from [[Eastern University (United States)|Eastern College]].<ref name="PA Senate">{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=1869|title=Doug Mastriano|publisher=Pennsylvania State Senate|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref> While at Eastern, he participated in the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]].<ref name="Fighting">{{cite news |last=Mastriano |first=Doug |date=July 3, 2019 |title=Sen. Doug Mastriano: Fighting for you in District 33 and in Harrisburg |url=https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/2019/07/03/mastriano-fighting-you-pa-s-33rd-district-and-harrisburg/1627537001/ |work=[[Public Opinion (Chambersburg)|Public Opinion]] |location=Chambersburg, PA}}</ref>

===Continued education===
Mastriano received a master's degree in strategic intelligence from the [[National Intelligence University|Joint Intelligence College]] in 1992.<ref name="PA Senate"/> His education also includes a master's degree in airpower theory from the [[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]] in 2001.<ref name="PA Senate"/> In 2002, he received a master's degree in military operational art and science from the Air University's [[Air University (United States Air Force)#Advanced Professional Military Education|School of Advanced Air and Space Studies]].<ref name="PA Senate"/> He received a master's degree in strategic studies from the [[United States Army War College]] in 2010.<ref name="PA Senate"/>

While a Major at Air University, Mastriano wrote a thesis titled "The Civilian Putsch of 2018: Debunking the Myth of a Civil-Military Leadership Rift".<ref name=Thesis>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3644059-shapiro-rolls-out-new-ad-hitting-mastriano-over-2001-thesis/|title=Shapiro rolls out new ad hitting Mastriano over 2001 thesis|date=September 15, 2022|first=Manchester |last=Julia |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> In the thesis, Mastriano writes from a perspective of a colonel, like himself, who is forced to hide out in a cave because a [[political correctness|politically correct]] leader has taken over America and killed millions.<ref name=Thesis />

In 2013, Mastriano completed a Ph.D. in history from the [[University of New Brunswick]].<ref name="PA Senate" />

==== Allegations of academic misconduct ====
During his 2022 run for Governor of Pennsylvania, formal complaints were made to the [[University of New Brunswick]] (UNB) about potential academic fraud contained in his book published about Alvin York. As Mastriano's book on York was heavily based on his Ph.D. thesis, this eventually prompted the university to launch an investigation to determine if his history Ph.D. awarded in 2013 was fraudulent.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kuhn |first1=Roland |title=The Douglas Mastriano Scandal: A fraudulent PhD thesis from a Canadian university gets entangled in US politics |journal=Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity |date=31 July 2023 |volume=6 |issue=1 |doi=10.11575/cpai.v6i1.76914 |url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ai/article/view/76914 |language=en |issn=2561-6218}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2022 |title=University makes new review of Mastriano's doctoral research |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-pennsylvania-new-brunswick-government-and-politics-da9fd21d9be38e7590e36e81b4f12de0 |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Michael |title=University of New Brunswick investigating how Trump ally was awarded PhD in 2013 {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9206507/trump-ally-doug-mastriano-unb/ |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=Global News |date=October 18, 2022}}</ref> The complaint cited 213 allegations of potential academic misconduct contained in Mastriano's doctoral thesis.<ref name="NBDoctorate">{{Cite web |last=Panetta |first=Alexander |date=October 5, 2022 |title=A controversy-courting U.S. politician causes stir on Canadian university campus |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mastriano-new-brunswick-york-1.6605669 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> Regarding the incident, Jeffrey Brown, a UNB [[associate professor]] who was listed on Mastriano's doctoral dissertation, said that "[Mastriano] was awarded a Ph.D. on very shaky grounds."<ref name="NBDoctorate" /> Brown also said that Mastriano's work was "dishonest, sloppy, ... and indifferent to facts that contradicted his claims".<ref name="NBDoctorate" /> James Gregory, an educator and a history PhD candidate, has found more than 150 problems with Mastriano's doctoral thesis and has said it amounts to "academic fraud".<ref name=NBDoctorate /> Mastriano claimed that the accusations were made due to his political beliefs, stating that he "did have concerns that some of the left-leaning professors there would hold [his] politics or [his] military background against [him].”<ref>{{cite news |title=A Canadian university's deadline on its investigation into Doug Mastriano's doctoral thesis has passed. Here's what we know |url=https://www.witf.org/2023/07/28/a-canadian-universitys-deadline-on-its-investigation-into-doug-mastrianos-doctoral-thesis-has-passed-heres-what-we-know/ |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=WITF |date=28 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In May 2023, the University of New Brunswick appointed three professors from other institutions to review Mastriano's dissertation for academic fraud.<ref>{{cite news |title=UNB to investigate fraud allegations against former PhD student with ties to Trump |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/unb-investigation-student-trump-1.6832071 |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC News |date=May 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Michael MacDonald|agency=The Canadian Press |title=University of New Brunswick starts formal investigation into Trump ally's PhD |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/university-of-new-brunswick-starts-formal-investigation-into-trump-ally-s-phd/article_674d6579-3785-5ce9-8d23-291ab42f21fa.html |access-date=14 September 2023 |work=Toronto Star |date=3 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The committee's final report was not made public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Worden |first1=Amy |title=Questions about Doug Mastriano's thesis spur university fraud probe: reports |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/05/questions-about-doug-mastrianos-thesis-spur-university-fraud-probe-reports.html |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=[[The Patriot-News|PennLIVE Patriot-News]] |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>

==Military career==
[[File:Mastriano Douglas.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Army portrait, 2017]]
After college, Mastriano was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]] and assigned to the [[Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)|Military Intelligence Corps]].<ref name="Fighting"/><ref name=Gazette2018>{{cite news |title=Campaign 2018: Republican enters crowded race for 9th District seat |url=https://www.indianagazette.com/news/campaign-2018-republican-enters-crowded-race-for-9th-district-seat/article_28ae8f5c-0daa-11e8-a914-37120d87c760.html |access-date=December 8, 2020 |newspaper=[[Indiana Gazette]] |date=February 9, 2018}}</ref> After initial training, he started his career in [[Nuremberg, Germany]], with the [[2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment]] in the area of the [[West German]] borders with [[East Germany]] and [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref name=Colby/> Mastriano also spent four years at the [[NATO]] Land Headquarters in [[Heidelberg, Germany]].<ref name=stripes>{{cite web |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/officer-says-he-s-pinpointed-sgt-york-s-stand-1.79280 |title=Officer says he's pinpointed York's stand |last=Montgomery |first=Nancy |date=September 26, 2008 |newspaper=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]] |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> Mastriano was deployed to Iraq for [[Operation Desert Storm]] in 1991.<ref name=PennSenateBio>{{cite web |title=Biography – Senator Douglas V. Mastriano, Ph.D. (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) |url=https://senatormastriano.com/biography/ |website=Senate of Pennsylvania |publisher=Pennsylvania State Government |access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2022}} He served at the DLIFLC in Monterey, California, as the company commander of Alpha company from 1995 to 1996.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Mastriano then was in Washington, DC, in the 3rd Infantry Division and US Army Europe.<ref name=PennSenateBio/>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2022}} He ended his military career as a faculty instructor in the Department of Military Strategy at the [[United States Army War College|U.S. Army War College]] in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], during 2012–2017,{{Primary source inline|date=September 2022}}<ref name="PA Senate"/> and retired in 2017 at the rank of colonel.<ref name=Hardy9/><ref name=Hardy13/>

== 2018 congressional campaign ==
{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 13}}
On February 13, 2018, at the Otterbein Church in [[Waynesboro, Pennsylvania]], Mastriano announced his candidacy for [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|PA|9}}, a seat being vacated by the retiring congressman [[Bill Shuster]].<ref name=Hardy9>{{cite news |last=Hardy |first=Shawn |title=Mastriano to Run for Congress |url=http://www.therecordherald.com/news/20180209/mastriano-to-run-for-congress |access-date=February 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Record Herald]] |date=February 9, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322145115/https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20180209/mastriano-to-run-for-congress |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Hardy13>{{cite news |last=Hardy |first=Shawn |title=Franklin County man running for Shuster's seat |url=http://www.echo-pilot.com/news/20180213/franklin-county-man-running-for-shusters-seat |access-date=February 16, 2018 |work=[[The Echo-Pilot]] |date=February 13, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322145110/https://www.echo-pilot.com/news/20180213/franklin-county-man-running-for-shusters-seat |url-status=dead }}</ref> Less than a week after his announcement, the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] redrew the congressional district map of Pennsylvania after ruling the previous map unconstitutional (due to [[gerrymandering]] by the majority Republican Party), and the area previously covered by the 9th District corresponds most closely to the new 13th District, so Mastriano became a candidate for {{ushr|PA|13}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/upshot/pennsylvania-new-house-districts-gerrymandering.html|title=The New Pennsylvania Congressional Map, District by District|first1=Nate|last1=Cohn |last2=Bloch |first2=Matthew |last3=Quealy |first3=Kevin |date=February 19, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>

During his run for Congress, Mastriano made multiple controversial statements including stating that same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples should "[a]bsolutely not" be legal.<ref name="RollingStone" /> He also said that Islam is not compatible with the constitution and that recipients of the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals|Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program]] should be deported.<ref name="RollingStone" />

Mastriano ultimately finished fourth of the eight candidates in the primary election, receiving 10,485 votes.<ref name=cong />

== Pennsylvania State Senate ==
=== Electoral history===
====2019====
On January 22, 2019, Mastriano announced that he intended to run for the [[Pennsylvania State Senate|State Senate]] seat being vacated by [[Rich Alloway]] in the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 33|33rd District]], saying he "can't, in good conscience, stand aside", wanting to "serve his country in a new way".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190122/doug-mastriano-announces-bid-for-state-senate |title=Doug Mastriano announces bid for state Senate |date=January 22, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Record Herald]] |access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322141719/https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190122/doug-mastriano-announces-bid-for-state-senate |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mastriano won the Republican nomination for the May 21 election at a party conference held in Gettysburg on March 30, 2019.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Val DiGiorgio, the chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, said "Doug Mastriano is the kind of conservative candidate that reflects the values of South Central Pennsylvania and will be a key asset in helping advance the Republican agenda in Harrisburg."<ref>{{cite news |last=Rose |first=Andrea |date=April 1, 2019 |title=Doug Mastriano named Republican nominee for the 33rd Senatorial District to replace retired Sen. Rich Alloway |url=https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190401/doug-mastriano-named-republican-nominee-for-33rd-senatorial-district-to-replace-retired-sen-rich-alloway |work=[[The Record Herald]] |location=Waynesboro, PA |access-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322141718/https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190401/doug-mastriano-named-republican-nominee-for-33rd-senatorial-district-to-replace-retired-sen-rich-alloway |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On May 21, 2019, Mastriano defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Sarah Hammond with 70% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fox43.com/2019/05/22/republican-candidate-doug-mastriano-wins-33rd-district-state-senate-seat/|title=Republican candidate Doug Mastriano wins 33rd District State Senate seat|date=May 22, 2019 |website=[[WPMT Fox43]]|language=en|access-date=June 10, 2019 |first=Jossie |last=Carbonare}}</ref> Mastriano was sworn into the Pennsylvania Senate on June 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianagazette.com/news/pittman-takes-seat-in-harrisburg/article_0b8aa992-8bad-11e9-a6ab-13742b5383b3.html|title=Pittman takes seat in Harrisburg|last=Cloonan|first=Patrick |newspaper=[[Indiana Gazette]] |language=en|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref>

==== Campaign Facebook page controversy ====
Mastriano has been criticized by some religious leaders and the Pennsylvania [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] leadership<ref name = phobia/> for posts on his campaign's [[Facebook]] page, "Doug Mastriano Fighting for Freedom".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doug Mastriano Fighting for Freedom|url=https://www.facebook.com/Fight4pa/|access-date=November 28, 2020 |website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref>

In May 2019, during his campaign for state senate, Mastriano spread [[Islamophobia in the United States|Islamophobic]] content via several shared posts on his campaign Facebook page targeting Muslims. "Islam wants to kill gay rights, Judaism, Christianity and pacifism" read one of the posts, which critiqued the common "[[Coexist (image)#Bumper sticker|Coexist]]" bumper stickers.<ref name = phobia/><ref name=Lewis/> After the [[Notre-Dame de Paris fire|fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral]] in Paris, Mastriano had shared an image that was circulated implying that it had been an act perpetrated by Muslim terrorists,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganley |first1=Elaine |title=Paris prosecutor: no sign Notre Dame fire of criminal origin |url=https://apnews.com/180ed163685d41b1869546c1176f6bf3 |access-date=July 24, 2021 |website=AP News |date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> with a caption reading "something wicked comes this way".<ref name=Lewis>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/conspiratorial-anti-muslim-memes-populate-facebook-page-of-state-senate-candidate/|title=Conspiratorial, anti-Muslim memes populated Facebook page of state Senate candidate|date=May 6, 2019 |first=Elizabeth |last=Hardison |website=[[Pennsylvania Capital-Star]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/politics/election/state-senate-candidate-facing-questions-for-facebook-posts/ |title=State Senate candidate facing questions for Facebook posts |first=Aimee |last=Lewis |date=May 8, 2019 |website=[[WHTM-TV|ABC27]]}}</ref> He also made [[birtherism|birtherist]] allusions regarding president Obama.<ref name=Lewis/>
In April 2018, his campaign Facebook page shared an article headlined, "A Dangerous Trend: Muslims running for office".<ref name=Lewis/>

While various [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] critics have condemned his Facebook posts, neither Mastriano, the county, nor the state [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] party responded publicly to questions raised about the issues.<ref name="phobia">{{cite web|last=Hullinger|first=Logan|title=GOP candidate for Alloway's state Senate seat accused of spreading Islamophobia|url=https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/07/gop-candidate-alloways-state-senate-seat-accused-spreading-islamophobia/3661917002/|access-date=May 7, 2019|website=York Dispatch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 20, 2019|title=Mastriano should leave Facebook|language=en|newspaper=[[The Gettysburg Times]]|url=http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_1630f347-de41-5dc9-84b1-2de0aa5cb779.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 21, 2019}}</ref>

====2020====
On November 3, 2020, Mastriano was re-elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 33rd District by 68.7 percent of the vote. His Democratic opponent Rich Sterner had 31.3 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/03/live-results-mastriano-vs-sterner-pa-district-33-senate-seat-2020-election/6034733002/|title=PA-33 Senate race: Doug Mastriano fends off challenger Rich Sterner|last=South|first=Amber|work=Chambersburg Public Opinion|date=November 4, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>

===Tenure===

==== Cannabis prohibition ====
Mastriano opposed efforts by Governor [[Tom Wolf]] to legalize recreational [[cannabis]]. He has said that cannabis "causes an increase in violence, mental illness and driving under the influence" and that ending the prohibition is "madness and stupid".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nowell |first1=Joyce F. |title=Franklin County legislators address chamber members |url=https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/local/2019/11/01/franklin-county-legislators-address-chamber-members/44354903/ |website=Herald-Mail Media |date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> In reference to states like California and Colorado that have legalized marijuana, Mastriano has said "[all] it's done is destroy their society," and turned the states "into rat holes and third-world backwashes".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bender |first1=William |title=Legal weed in Pennsylvania? Not if Doug Mastriano can stop it.|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/marijuana-laws-mastriano-shapiro-decriminalization-20221007.html |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

==== Caucus meetings ====
In 2021, Mastriano was banned from attending closed-door Republican state senate caucus meetings after he publicly shared information that was meant to be confidential. After fellow members requested he be let back in, Mastriano was allowed to attend caucus meetings starting on May 23, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scolforo |first1=Mark |title=After primary, Mastriano rejoins closed Senate GOP meetings |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-pennsylvania-primary-18eba38ecb198688b28c82246b0cd235 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |work=AP News |date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>

====Chemtrails====
Mastriano has made social media posts reminiscent of the [[chemtrail conspiracy theory]]. In December 2022, Mastriano posted photos of [[contrails]] over his senate district and linked to an article discussing a government research proposal to investigate whether releasing aerosols into the upper atmosphere to reflect solar radiation would combat climate change. In November 2023, Mastriano posted another photo of what he insinuated were abnormal contrails, and claimed, "I have legislation to stop this."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Peter |last2=Miller |first2=Cassie |last3=Lyons |first3=Kim |title=Weird Pennsylvania: Bills that make you go ‘hmmmm’ |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/weird-pennsylvania-bills-that-make-you-go-hmmmm/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |work=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>

==== Confederate monuments ====
In early summer 2020, fictitious rumors circulated online that a July 4 protest near [[Gettysburg National Military Park]] would involve [[flag desecration#United States|burning the US Flag]] and calling for the [[removal of Confederate monuments and memorials]].<ref name="ConfStatue-01">{{Cite web |last=Boeckel |first=Teresa |title=Gettysburg protest draws call for removal of Confederate statues, criticism of response |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/07/07/gettysburg-protest-draws-call-confederate-monument-removal-others-disagree/5389134002/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=York Daily Record |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ConfStatue-02">{{Cite news |last=Isenberg |first=Britt |title=Gettysburg expert: Park Service and 'patriots' failed the community last week (letter) |language=en-US |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/07/06/gettysburg-park-expert-britt-isenberg-says-park-service-and-militia-both-failed/5384553002/ |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> No permit was issued and although the protest did not materialize, "hundreds" of individuals showed up to counter the fictitious protest, many in tactical gear, heavily armed, and brandishing Confederate flags. Profanity-laced shouting matches took place between this group and cemetery visitors throughout the afternoon.<ref name="ConfStatue-01" /><ref name="ConfStatue-02" /> In October 2020, Mastriano introduced Senate Bill 1321 to protect such monuments from being removed or vandalized. Mastriano said "We don't have to destroy the past. We don't have to rewrite the past ... We should learn from it, understand it, and become even better."<ref>{{cite news |title=Sen. Mastriano unveils new bill aimed at protecting confederate monument|url=https://local21news.com/news/local/sen-mastriano-unveils-new-bill-aimed-at-protecting-confederate-monuments |access-date=May 31, 2022 |work=CBS 21 |date=October 8, 2020}}</ref>

====  COVID-19 policies ====
{{main|COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania}}
On March 17, 2020, Mastriano called for suspension of the [[HIPAA]] law to allow the Department of Health to share more [[COVID-19]] data, including publishing the names and addresses of those infected with the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gisriel|first=Sarah|date=March 18, 2020|title=Midstate lawmaker urging suspension of HIPAA protections among COVID19 outbreak|url=https://www.abc27.com/news/local/harrisburg/midstate-lawmaker-urging-suspension-of-hipaa-protections-among-covid19-outbreak/|work=ABC 27}}</ref>

On March 28, 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Mastriano proposed legislation that would allow Pennsylvania businesses to reopen if they followed CDC mitigation guidelines, subject to health department and law enforcement inspections.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leigh |first1=Harri |title=Proposed legislation would allow all businesses in PA to reopen |url=https://www.fox43.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/proposed-legislation-would-allow-all-pa-businesses-to-reopen/521-27482374-63bb-43ca-983d-0c5f063d673d |website=Fox 43 |date=March 29, 2020 |access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill Information – Senate Bill 1103; Regular Session 2019–2020|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1103|access-date=October 15, 2020 |website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly |language=en}}</ref>

Mastriano spoke during an [[Protests in the United States over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic|anti-lockdown protest]] held on April 20, 2020, in support of reopening Pennsylvania during the state's ongoing pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norristown |url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/norristown/watch-live-thousands-protest-coronavirus-shutdowns-pa |title=Watch Live: PA Protest Against Coronavirus Shutdowns |website=[[Patch.com|Patch]] |date=April 20, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>

On May 11, 2020, Mastriano called for the resignation of Secretary of Health [[Rachel Levine]], saying she was "being complicit in the virus spreading through our elder care homes, triggered by unscientific and illogical directives, forcing them to readmit COVID-19 patients", and that she was "responsible for the deaths of approximately 2,500 of our citizens, and display[ing] the gross incompetence of someone unfit for office".<ref>{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania state senator calls for resignation of Secretary of Health |url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/pennsylvania-state-senator-calls-resignation-secretary-health/WZO3O6MHDJEDLF3DOUTSEAAWAA/ |website=[[WPXI]] |date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>

In May 2020, Mastriano wrote a letter signed by other Republican state legislators and a county commissioner calling for his home county of [[Franklin County, Pennsylvania|Franklin County]] to move out of the "red" phase of Governor [[Tom Wolf]]'s reopening plan. At the time Franklin County's seat [[Chambersburg]] had one of the highest average daily growth rates of COVID-19 cases in the country. Mastriano's initiative was opposed by the mayor of Chambersburg and two county commissioners.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benshoff |first1=Laura |title=Clash over reopening economy simmers below the surface in rural Pa. COVID hotspot |url=https://whyy.org/articles/clash-over-reopening-economy-simmers-below-the-surface-in-rural-pa-covid-hotspot/ |website=[[WHYY-FM|WHYY]] |access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>

In response to a Pennsylvania mask-wearing order, Mastriano called for a mask-burning party at a rally in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]] on July 22, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sholtis |first1=Brett |title=Chambersburg postal workers refuse to wear masks, and the state can't do anything about it |url=https://www.witf.org/2020/07/20/chambersburg-postal-workers-refuse-to-wear-masks-and-the-state-cant-do-anything-about-it/ |website=WITF |date=July 20, 2020 |access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> At the rally, Mastriano urged people to reject store employees telling them to wear a mask and "tell them to mind your own business and say you're exempt".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marroni |first1=Steve |title=Rally held at Capitol to protest mask mandates, Gov. Wolf's coronavirus restrictions |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/07/rally-held-at-capitol-to-protest-mask-mandates-gov-wolfs-coronavirus-restrictions.html|website=PennLive |date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2022, Mastriano introduced legislation that would make it easier for Pennsylvanians who are diagnosed with COVID-19 to access dubious drug treatments such as [[hydroxychloroquine]], [[azithromycin]] and [[ivermectin]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whittaker |first1=John |title=Bill would allow off-label drugs to treat COVID-19 |url=https://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2022/03/bill-would-allow-off-label-drugs-to-treat-covid-19/|website=Times Observer|date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref> Medical studies have shown that there is no medical benefit to those drugs in treating COVID-19.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hinks |first1=Timothy S C |last2=Cureton |first2=Lucy |last3=Knight |first3=Ruth |last4=Wang |first4=Ariel |last5=Cane |first5=Jennifer L |last6=Barber |first6=Vicki S |last7=Black |first7=Joanna |last8=Dutton |first8=Susan J |last9=Melhorn |first9=James |last10=Jabeen |first10=Maisha |last11=Moss |first11=Phil |last12=Garlapati |first12=Rajendar |last13=Baron |first13=Tanya |last14=Johnson |first14=Graham |last15=Cantle |first15=Fleur |last16=Clarke |first16=David |last17=Elkhodair |first17=Samer |last18=Underwood |first18=Jonathan |last19=Lasserson |first19=Daniel |last20=Pavord |first20=Ian D |last21=Morgan |first21=Sophie |last22=Richards |first22=Duncan |title=Azithromycin versus standard care in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 (ATOMIC2): an open-label, randomised trial |journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine |date=October 2021 |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=1130–1140 |doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00263-0|pmid=34252378 |pmc=8270523 |s2cid=235779746 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=López-Medina |first1=Eduardo |last2=López |first2=Pío |last3=Hurtado |first3=Isabel C. |last4=Dávalos |first4=Diana M |last5=Ramirez |first5=Oscar |last6=Martínez |first6=Ernesto |last7=Díazgranados |first7=Jesus A. |last8=Oñate |first8=José M. |last9=Chavarriaga |first9=Hector |last10=Herrera |first10=Sócrates |last11=Parra |first11=Beatriz |last12=Libreros |first12=Gerardo |last13=Jaramillo |first13=Roberto |last14=Avendaño |first14=Ana C. |last15=Toro |first15=Dilian F. |last16=Torres |first16=Miyerlandi |last17=Lesmes |first17=Maria C. |last18=Rios |first18=Carlos A. |last19=Caicedo |first19=Isabella |title=Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial |journal=JAMA |date=April 13, 2021 |volume=325 |issue=14 |pages=1426–1435 |doi=10.1001/jama.2021.3071|pmid=33662102 |pmc=7934083 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Popp |first1=Maria |last2=Reis |first2=Stefanie |last3=Schießer |first3=Selina |last4=Hausinger |first4=Renate Ilona |last5=Stegemann |first5=Miriam |last6=Metzendorf |first6=Maria-Inti |last7=Kranke |first7=Peter |last8=Meybohm |first8=Patrick |last9=Skoetz |first9=Nicole |last10=Weibel |first10=Stephanie |date=2022-06-21 |title=Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19 |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=2022 |issue=6 |pages=CD015017 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub3 |issn=1469-493X |pmc=9215332 |pmid=35726131}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Axfors |first1=Cathrine |last2=Schmitt |first2=Andreas M. |last3=Janiaud |first3=Perrine |last4=van't Hooft |first4=Janneke |last5=Abd-Elsalam |first5=Sherief |last6=Abdo |first6=Ehab F. |last7=Abella |first7=Benjamin S. |last8=Akram |first8=Javed |last9=Amaravadi |first9=Ravi K. |last10=Angus |first10=Derek C. |last11=Arabi |first11=Yaseen M. |last12=Azhar |first12=Shehnoor |last13=Baden |first13=Lindsey R. |last14=Baker |first14=Arthur W. |last15=Belkhir |first15=Leila |last16=Benfield |first16=Thomas |last17=Berrevoets |first17=Marvin A. 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==== Firearms ====
In July 2022, following a string of mass shootings, including the [[Robb Elementary School shooting]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]], Mastriano introduced legislation that would arm teachers and staff inside of schools.<ref name=StrongReaction>{{cite web |last1=Dealno |first1=Jon |title=Doug Mastriano's plan to allow armed teachers and staff in schools brings strong reaction from Josh Shapiro|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/doug-mastriano-plan-to-allow-armed-teachers-strong-reaction-josh-shapiro/|website=[[KDKA-TV|CBS 2]] |date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=September 22, 2022}}</ref> The legislation was criticized by the president of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers as "a dangerous, kind of scary proposal".<ref name=StrongReaction/>

==== Municipal separate storm sewer systems opposition ====
Mastriano was a vocal opponent of the implementation of [[Stormwater#Federal requirements|municipal separate storm sewer systems]] (MS4) programs as applied by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mastriano |first=Doug |date=December 5, 2019 |title=Op-Ed: MS4 Regulations – Dangerous Overreach by the Harrisburg Bureaucracy |url=https://senatormastriano.com/2019/12/05/op-ed-ms4-regulations-dangerous-overreach-by-the-harrisburg-bureaucracy/ |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Senator Doug Mastriano |language=en-US}}</ref> In an op-ed, Mastriano wrote, in part,:

{{blockquote|A week rarely passes without me hearing from multiple residents who have been severely impacted by Harrisburg's latest revenue scheme. Since 2017, DEP has combined water quality standard requirements with MS4 and expanded beyond the original scope of the law. It now taxes impervious surfaces (which are not included in the [[Clean Water Act]]) and it applies MS4 requirements to any stormwater source, whether or not it discharges into navigable waterways.{{nbsp}}.. This oppressive government overreach has resulted in a program that is crushing our municipalities. MS4 was never intended to force small towns to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on what is essentially a new public utility that gobbles up taxpayer money whether or not it rains!<ref name=":1" />}}

== Efforts to overturn 2020 presidential election results and positive COVID-19 diagnosis ==
On November 5, 2020, Mastriano alleged various irregularities in the voting process for the U.S. presidential election and called for the resignation of the Secretary of the Commonwealth [[Kathy Boockvar]]. He sent a lengthy letter to Boockvar saying that "Nothing is more crucial to Americans than confidence that our voices will be heard through voting," and "Pennsylvanians no longer feel secure in casting their vote."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-voters-no-longer-feel-secure-about-elections-gop-state-lawmaker-claims |title=Pennsylvania voters 'no longer feel secure' about elections, GOP state lawmaker claims |work=[[Fox News]] |date=November 6, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |first=Charles |last=Creitz}}</ref> On November 6, Mastriano and two other state senators, [[Michele Brooks]] and [[Scott Hutchinson]], issued a joint memo calling for a full recount "in any counties where state law was broken, regardless of the Department of State's instructions, as well as in any precinct where questionable actions were demonstrated".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2020/11/09/state-gop-lawmakers-call-election-audit-after-trumps-fraud-claims/6189591002/ |title=State GOP lawmakers call for election audit after Trump's fraud claims |website=[[York Dispatch]] |first=Lindsey |last=O'Laughlin |date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2020 }}</ref>

At Mastriano's request,<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 24, 2020 |title=Media Advisory: Mastriano and Senate Majority Policy Committee to vet Election Issues|url=https://senatormastriano.com/2020/11/24/media-advisory-mastriano-and-senate-majority-policy-committee-to-vet-election-issues/|access-date=November 30, 2020 |website=Senator Doug Mastriano|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=RedZone>{{cite web |url=https://www.wesa.fm/post/gop-state-senators-held-public-event-white-house-warned-covid-red-zone#stream/0 |work=[[WITF-FM|WITF]] |via=[[WESA (FM)|WESA]] |title=As GOP State Senators Held Public Event, White House Warned Of COVID 'Red-Zone' |date=December 3, 2020 |first=Brett |last=Sholtis}}</ref> a public meeting of the Republican Party's Majority Policy Committee of the Pennsylvania Senate<ref name=Tweet0499>{{cite tweet |user=PASenateGOP |number=1331324547111530499 |author=PA Senate GOP |date=November 24, 2020 |title=Wednesday @ 12:30 p.m., the #PASenate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by @SenatorArgall, will hold an informational meeting on 2020 election issues. Members will meet in Gettysburg and remotely. Streamed live @ http://PASenateGOP.com.}}</ref> was held on November 25, 2020, at the [[Wyndham Hotels and Resorts|Wyndham hotel]] near [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]], about claims of election fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump Cancels Trip To PA GOP Election Meeting: Reports|url=https://news.yahoo.com/trump-giuliani-cancel-trip-pa-155538596.html|access-date=November 28, 2020 |website=news.yahoo.com|date=November 26, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> The meeting, which lasted more than four hours, was organized by Mastriano (although Mastriano was not a member of the Policy Committee)<ref name=Mistakes/> and was chaired by Pennsylvania State Senator [[Dave Argall]].<ref name=Tweet0499/><ref name="Scolforo1">{{Cite web|last=Scolforo|first=Mark|date=November 29, 2020|title=Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-gettysburg-coronavirus-pandemic-70354ddc031781fb7ee476809a6b67db|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=[[AP News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> [[President Donald Trump]]'s legal team, including Trump's attorney [[Rudy Giuliani]], gave a lengthy presentation in the meeting, and Trump himself participated by phone.<ref name=Scolforo1/> Trump made claims at the meeting alleging unfairness in the election process and saying he should be declared the winner. "This election was rigged, and we can't let that happen. This election has to be turned around because we won Pennsylvania by a lot and we won all these swing states by a lot," he said.<ref name=BenderSilent/> Immediately after the meeting, Trump invited some of the Pennsylvania lawmakers, including Mastriano, to meet with him in the [[West Wing]] of the [[White House]] on the same day.<ref name=BenderSilent>{{Cite web|last1=Bender |first1=William |first2=Angela |last2=Couloumbis |title=President Trump invited Pa. lawmakers to the White House. Then everyone went silent.|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/president-trump-invited-pa-lawmakers-white-house-then-everyone-went-silent-20201126.html|access-date=November 28, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=November 26, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> The Republican leadership in the Pennsylvania legislature did not attend Trump's White House meeting and all those who did participate initially refused to discuss what happened at the meeting.<ref name=BenderSilent/>

On November 27, Mastriano and three other state senators announced that they would introduce a resolution to permit the state legislature to appoint delegates to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] instead of following the results of the presidential vote in the state. The proposed resolution, as circulated in a memorandum seeking additional co-sponsorships, alleges that "officials in the Executive and Judicial Branches of the Commonwealth infringed upon the General Assembly's authority by unlawfully changing the rules governing the November 3, 2020 election in the Commonwealth", and declares, "based on the facts and evidence presented and our own Board of Elections data, that the Presidential election held on November 3, 2020, in Pennsylvania is irredeemably corrupted".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=S&SPick=20190&cosponId=32629&mobile_choice=suppress |title=Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda: Memorandum: Resolution: Disputing the 2020 General Election |date=November 27, 2020 |first1=Doug |last1=Mastriano |first2=David J. Jr. |last2=Arnold |author-link2=Dave Arnold (politician) |first3=Michele |last3=Brooks |author-link3=Michele Brooks |first4=Mario M. |last4=Scavello |author-link4= Mario Scavello}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |first=Doug |last=Mastriano |user=SenMastriano |number=1332666953350205441 |title=Thread: There is mounting evidence that the PA presidential election was compromised.  If this is the case, under Article II, Section 1.2 of the US Constitution, the state legislature has the sole authority to direct the manner of selecting delegates to the Electoral College. (1) // This power was given to the state legislature for the purpose of safeguarding the appointment of our President, specifically contemplating corruption and ensuring that the people are not disenfranchised through a corrupt election process. (2) // Therefore, we are introducing a Resolution to exercise our obligation and authority to appoint delegates to the Electoral College. (3) |date=November 28, 2020}}</ref>

===Editorial response and gubernatorial candidacy predictions===
In the wake of the events, the editorial board of the ''[[York Dispatch]]'', the local newspaper for much of his state senate district, wrote an editorial on December 2 that strongly criticized Mastriano's actions relating to the election.<ref name=DispatchEditorial>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/12/02/editorial-mastriano-isnt-hack-hes-much-worse/3792077001/ |title=Editorial: Mastriano isn't a hack. He's much worse |author=The Dispatch Editorial Board |work=[[York Dispatch]] |date=December 3, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref> The editorial described him as someone who "regularly spouts his love of freedom" but has a relationship to Trump that had been "exposed as nothing more than a vassal doing his master's bidding", and said his actions were that of a "craven oligarch" making a "shocking call for tyranny" in a "campaign to undercut democracy itself for a generation".<ref name=DispatchEditorial/>

''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' reported on December 5, 2020, that Mastriano's involvement with Trump in disputing the election results had raised his profile, and that he might become a candidate for [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] in the 2022 election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=December 5, 2020 |title=A Pa. senator gets a political boost from pushing Trump's false election claims — with 2022 in sight |first=Andrew |last=Seidman }}</ref> ''[[The Beaver County Times]]'' echoed this view on December 9, saying Mastriano had "shot to the top of the list for the GOP", and quoting local Democratic strategist Mike Mikus as saying Mastriano seemed to be "aggressively angling" to position himself as a potential candidate.<ref>{{cite news |first=J.D. |last=Prose |url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/09/pa-governors-race-2022-drawing-interest-many-both-sides-shapiro-mastriano-fetterman/6498004002/ |title=Handicapping Pa.'s 2022 gubernatorial race: As year comes to a close, plenty of contenders |date=December 9, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]]}}</ref>

Mastriano published an [[op-ed]] article in the ''[[York Daily Record]]'' on December 11, accusing Pennsylvania Governor [[Tom Wolf]], Secretary Boockvar, and the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] of taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to abuse and contravene [[2020 Pennsylvania elections#Election law changes for 2020|Pennsylvania Act 77]], an act passed on October 29, 2019, that modified the election laws in Pennsylvania. He said they "have been making up rules on the fly and unconstitutionally rewrote the law, which compromised our election".<ref name=Hijacking/> Mastriano said he had joined two lawsuits seeking to overturn the election results (''[[Texas v. Pennsylvania]]'', which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] dismissed on the same day for lack of [[standing (law)|standing]], and ''[[Kelly v. Pennsylvania]]'', a lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania [[U.S. Representative]] [[Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)|Mike Kelly]], which the U.S. Supreme Court had rejected three days prior to Mastriano's article).<ref name=Hijacking>{{cite news |newspaper=[[York Daily Record]] |date=December 11, 2020 |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2020/12/11/sen-mastriano-im-trying-prevent-gov-wolf-hijacking-election/6512785002/ |title=Sen. Mastriano: I'm trying to prevent Gov. Wolf from hijacking the election (opinion) |first=Doug |last=Mastriano}}</ref>

===Positive COVID-19 test===
It was reported on November 29 that Mastriano, who had participated in the meeting with Trump, had left the meeting abruptly upon learning that he had tested positive for COVID-19 infection.<ref name=Scolforo1/> In addition to Mastriano himself, Mastriano's son and a friend of his son, who also attended the White House meeting, tested positive as well.<ref name=Scolforo1/> All participants of the meeting had been administered a rapid test for the virus as part of the White House health protocol, but the results of the test were not provided to them until they were already in the meeting in the West Wing.<ref name=Scolforo1/> It was also reported that Mastriano had not worn a mask during the Gettysburg public meeting that day, which had lasted more than four hours, and all but a few of the other participants had also not been wearing masks at the meeting.<ref name=Scolforo1/><ref name=Scolforo2>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-glenn-beck-gettysburg-8089351fd9bed02a5b6066612124fb4c |title=After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mild |first1=Mark |last1=Scolforo |first2=Marc |last2=Levy |work=[[AP News]] |date=December 1, 2020 |access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> Some of the participants had ridden in a large van from the Gettysburg meeting to the White House meeting, while Mastriano, his son and his son's friend had driven together in a separate car.<ref name=Scolforo1 /> Another Pennsylvania state senator, [[Judy Ward]], who sat next to Mastriano during the public meeting he had organized, tested positive for COVID-19 within five days after the meeting.<ref name=Mistakes>{{cite news |url=https://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/spotlight_pa/article_59e1207a-be40-54d3-9bb4-7228526c4c9e.html |title='Mistakes were made' at Mastriano's maskless election hearing, Pa. Senate leader says |first=Angela |last=Couloumbis |work=[[The Gettysburg Times]] |date=December 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pennsylvania-state-senator-judy-ward-announces-positive-covid-19-test/ar-BB1bwenE |via=[[MSN]] |work=[[WFMJ-TV|21 News WFMJ]] |title=Pennsylvania State Senator Judy Ward announces positive COVID-19 test |date=December 1, 2020 |first=Michael |last=Gorsegner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/SenJudyWard/posts/2923008727956116 |title=Sen. Judy Ward |via=Facebook |date=November 30, 2020}}</ref> After acknowledging that he had tested positive for the virus on his Facebook page on November 30, Mastriano said that his case was "pretty mild",<ref name=APmild/> and he appeared that day on ''[[Eric Metaxas|The Eric Metaxas Show]]'', with Donald Trump on the phone, supporting Trump's<ref name=Scolforo2/><ref name=Calefati>{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-election-results-trump-fraud-fact-check-20201206.html |title=Fact-checking false claims about Pennsylvania's presidential election by Trump and his allies |first=Jessica |last=Calefati |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> claim that he had won the election.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Eric Metaxas|The Eric Metaxas Show]] |date=November 30, 2020 |via=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=c3MAz7Pvp_o |title=Pres. Donald Trump Talks With Eric About 'The Greatest Scam In The History Of Our Country'.}}</ref> When asked about his infection by conservative radio commentator [[Glenn Beck]] the next day, Mastriano replied, "I'm feeling fantastic."<ref name=APmild>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-glenn-beck-gettysburg-8089351fd9bed02a5b6066612124fb4c |title=After White House test, Pa. senator calls COVID-19 case mild |website=[[AP News]] |date=December 1, 2020 |first1=Mark |last1=Scolforo |first2=Marc |last2=Levy}}</ref>

Interim Pennsylvania Senate President [[Jake Corman]] said that "mistakes were made" in the conduct of the Pennsylvania public meeting, as the organizers of the meeting had allowed a large crowd to attend without following guidelines for social distancing and mask-wearing.<ref name=Mistakes/> The meeting participants were also not screened for symptoms of infection.<ref name=Mistakes/> Corman said "There is no penalty, but you have to review what happened, acknowledge that there were mistakes, and make sure there are policies in place so that it doesn't happen again."<ref name=Mistakes/> Pennsylvania political leaders had been warned by federal officials a few days before the meeting that the state had entered the "red zone" for its percentage of positive virus test results, indicating uncontrolled spreading of COVID-19 in the community, and they had been previously warned that the state was also in the "red zone" for the number of confirmed cases per capita in the state population.<ref name=RedZone/>

After participating in the event organized by Mastriano and several other events elsewhere disputing the validity of the election without wearing a mask, Giuliani tested positive for COVID-19 infection 10 or 11 days after the Pennsylvania meeting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rudy-giuliani-tests-positive-covid-19-after-attending-number-election-hearings-maskless-1552703 |title=Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Attending a Number of Election Hearings Maskless |website=[[Newsweek]] |first=Benjamin |last=Fearnow |date=December 6, 2020}}</ref>

=== Role in 2021 storming of the United States Capitol ===
{{Main|2021 United States Capitol attack}}

[[File:DC Capitol Storming IMG 7965.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rioters [[2021 United States Capitol attack|storming the Capitol]] in 2021]]

Mastriano helped organize bus rides for Trump supporters to the protest that preceded the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news | work=WHYY | date = January 12, 2021 | title = Mastriano campaign spent thousands on buses ahead of D.C. insurrection | first1 = Katie | last1 = Meyer | first2 = Miles | last2 = Bryan | first3 = Ryan | last3 = Briggs | url = https://whyy.org/articles/mastriano-campaign-spent-thousands-on-buses-ahead-of-d-c-insurrection/ }}</ref>
During the protest, Mastriano said he and his wife left the rally area when it turned violent, which he called "unacceptable". Democratic colleagues called for his resignation, saying senators must be held to a higher standard than others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dil |first1=Cuneyt |title=West Virginia delegate records himself storming U.S. Capitol |url=https://apnews.com/article/social-media-electoral-college-west-virginia-media-7c5635060b39f41337229511a26ed61d |access-date=January 7, 2021 |work=AP News |date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> On the morning of January 13, Mastriano wrote on Twitter and Facebook, "Please do not participate in rallies or protests over the next ten days," and "Let's focus on praying for our nation during these troubling times."<ref>{{cite news | newspaper = York Dispatch | date = January 14, 2021 | title = State Sen. Doug Mastriano tells supporters to stand down | url = https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2021/01/14/state-sen-doug-mastriano-tells-supporters-stand-down/4157659001/}}</ref>

In May 2021, crowdsourced video analysis identified Mastriano and his wife watching as another rioter tore a police barricade away and then passing through a breached Capitol Police barricade, contradicting his previous claims that he had not been among the rioters. Mastriano said he was following police directions and dismissed the accusations as the work of "angry partisans" who were "foot soldiers of the ruling elite".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roebuck |first1=Jeremy |last2=Seidman |first2=Andrew |date=May 25, 2021 |title=Pa. GOP lawmaker Doug Mastriano says he left the Capitol area before the riot. New videos say otherwise. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-capitol-riot-pennslyvania-video-20210525.html |url-status=live |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526131656/https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-capitol-riot-pennslyvania-video-20210525.html |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name=ABC>[https://www.abc27.com/news/this-week-in-pennsylvania/i-was-a-moderating-force-says-controversial-pa-gop-senator-doug-mastriano-in-interview/ 'I was a moderating force,' says controversial Pa. GOP Senator Doug Mastriano in interview], ''[[WHTM|ABC27]]'', Dennis Owens, June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.</ref> This claim is not supported by the video evidence.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=Josephine|date=May 25, 2021|title=Videos Contradict State Lawmaker's Claim He Left Capitol While It Was 'Still Peaceful'|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-mastriano-capitol-riot_n_60ac5e99e4b019ef10de09c7|access-date=June 29, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>  Mastriano said he was in the "second row, watching the Trump rally", hoping Congress would legally stop the election's certification. "Once I realized all the speaking events were off we left and that's a darn shame... I was there to cheer on Congress, the House and the Senate, not to disrupt it," Mastriano said.<ref name="ABC" /> No negative consequences were expected as a result of the released videos, according to multiple university political science leaders.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.witf.org/2021/05/28/pa-sen-doug-mastriano-unlikely-to-face-consequences-over-newly-released-jan-6-videos/ |title=Pa. Sen. Mastriano unlikely to face consequences over newly released Jan. 6 videos at the Capitol |date=May 28, 2021 |work=[[WITF-TV]] |first=Sam |last=Dunklau |access-date=May 16, 2022 }}</ref>

According to [[CNN]], after images of Mastriano outside the Capitol emerged in the summer of 2021, Mastriano fully cooperated when questioned by the [[FBI]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Reid |first2=Paula |title=Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate was questioned by FBI after photos emerged of him on January 6 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/doug-mastriano-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |work=[[CNN]] |date=June 2, 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2022|7|12|df=US}}, Mastriano has not been charged with any crimes related to the Capitol breach by the DOJ.<ref name="DOJ-CapBreach-Charges">{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Capitol Breach Cases |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Transcripts released by the [[January 6th Committee]] later showed that investigators were aware of Mastriano's attempt to contact [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]] on the day of the attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sholtis |first1=Brett |title=Doug Mastriano 'apparently' called Mike Pence on the day of the insurrection |url=https://whyy.org/articles/doug-mastriano-jan-6-mike-pence-call-transcript/ |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=WHYY |date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

===Continuing efforts to contest 2020 presidential election results===
{{further|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election}}

====Arizona====
In June 2021, after the inauguration of President [[Joe Biden]], and without invitation, Mastriano traveled to Arizona along with fellow state senator [[Cris Dush]] and state house member [[Rob Kauffman (politician)|Rob Kauffman]]<ref name=others/> to observe the [[2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit]], which the [[Maricopa County Board of Supervisors]] called a "spectacle".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/arizona-election-audit-to-resume-amid-gop-infighting-11621785600 |title=The Republican-majority Maricopa County board says the audit ordered by Senate leaders is a mismanaged 'spectacle' |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |first=Alexa |last=Corse |date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=June 10, 2021 |url-access=limited }}</ref> The audit was ordered by the state's Republican senate majority, the rationale for which was generated by widely discredited conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inside Arizona's election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on|url=https://apnews.com/article/arizona-election-recount-b38a9205c306796f914d62bbad601587|date=May 10, 2021|work=[[Associated Press]]|first1 =Jonathan J.|last1 =Cooper|first2 =Bob|last2 =Christie|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azmirror.com/2021/05/21/wake-technology-services-audited-a-pennsylvania-election-as-part-of-the-stopthesteal-movement/|title=Wake Technology Services audited a Pennsylvania election as part of the #StopTheSteal movement|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=June 10, 2021|work=Arizona Mirror}}</ref> Mastriano expressed the desire that the 2020 Pennsylvania ballots be subjected to a process similar to that employed in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]],<ref name=others>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-06-02/arizona-gop-election-audit-draws-republican-politicians |title=Arizona GOP Election Audit Draws More Republican Politicians |date=June 2, 2021 |agency=Associated Press |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=June 9, 2021 }}</ref> even though Pennsylvania had already recounted the votes twice and twice confirmed [[Joe Biden]]'s win and [[Donald Trump]]'s loss.

The [[United States Department of Justice]] warned the audit participants that they may have broken the law in compromising the integrity of those Arizona ballots.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/06/03/trump-reportedly-thinks-audits-will-lead-to-reinstatement-of-defeated-gop-senators/?sh=7d47f6cc661f |title=Trump Reportedly Thinks Audits Will Lead To Reinstatement Of Defeated GOP Senators |work=[[Forbes Magazine]] |first=Andrew |last=Solender |date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/994246426/justice-department-shares-concerns-with-arizona-senate-audit-recount |title=Justice Department: Arizona Senate Audit, Recount May Violate Federal Law |date=May 6, 2021 |first=Ben |last=Giles |work=National Public Radio |access-date=June 9, 2021 }}</ref> One firm involved had previously audited the 2020 election in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/us/politics/georgia-election-recount.html|title=Long After Trump's Loss, a Push to Inspect Ballots Persists|first1=Reid J.|last1=Epstein|first2=Nick|last2=Corasaniti|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2021|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> Wake TSI, the business contracted to do the audit in [[Fulton County, Pennsylvania]] by a nonprofit group was directed by discredited Trump attorney and conspiracy theorist [[Sidney Powell]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walsh|first=Joe|date=November 20, 2020|title=Who Is Sidney Powell? Meet Trump's New Top Conspiracy Theorist|work=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/20/who-is-sidney-powell-meet-trumps-new-top-conspiracy-theorist/?sh=2ed589a51f9d|url-status=live|access-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121172738/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/20/who-is-sidney-powell-meet-trumps-new-top-conspiracy-theorist/?sh=2ed589a51f9d|archive-date=November 21, 2020}}</ref> though she and they never found evidence of fraud. Further, Wake reported the Fulton County's count was "well run" and "conducted in a diligent and effective manner", but its conclusions were subsequently altered before being finalized by the county.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pennsylvania-2020-ballot-audits/2021/06/06/4e456952-bfe0-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html |title='It was like this rogue thing': How the push by Trump allies to undermine the 2020 results through ballot reviews started quietly in Pennsylvania |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Rosalind S. |last=Helderman |date=June 6, 2021 |access-date=June 18, 2021 }}</ref>

====January 6 attack====
On February 15, 2022, Mastriano was subpoenaed by [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|the congressional committee]] investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, reportedly to inquire about his role in trying to impanel a slate of alternative electors in Pennsylvania, in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-subpoena-jan-6-capitol-attack-20220215.html|title=Doug Mastriano was subpoenaed by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack|date=February 15, 2022|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|first=Andrew|last=Seldman|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> He submitted pertinent documents to the committee on May 30, 2022, and agreed to be interviewed. His submissions included receipts for $3,354 for the buses he rented to take his supporters to the January rally that segued into a violent insurrection. He further provided the names of attendees. He sold more than 130 tickets for those buses.<ref>[https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-jan-6-committee-insurrection-pennsylvania-governor-20220602.html Doug Mastriano will be interviewed by the Jan. 6 congressional committee and he provided some documents], ''[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', Chris Brennan, June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.</ref> Mastriano has compared the actions of the committee as similar to the [[Nazi Party]]'s [[Reichstag Fire Decree|crackdown on civil liberties]] following the [[Reichstag fire]], and making "[[McCarthyism|McCarthy in the '50s]] look like an amateur".<ref name=magaplaybook>{{cite news |last1=Seidman |first1=Andrew |title=Doug Mastriano is sticking to his MAGA playbook in the general election for Pa. governor |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-governor-race-2022-maga-trump-20220628.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> On August 9, 2022, Mastriano was scheduled to testify before the committee in a virtual deposition. But he answered no questions and ended the session after only fifteen minutes, after several disputes were brought up by his lawyer, including Mastriano's request that he be allowed to record his deposition, something the committee denied.<ref name="Deposition">{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Charles |title=Pa. governor candidate Doug Mastriano shuts down Jan. 6th committee deposition in dispute over recording, rules |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/08/pa-governor-candidate-doug-mastriano-shuts-down-jan-6th-committee-deposition-in-dispute-over-recording-rules.html |access-date=August 9, 2022 |work=[[The Patriot-News|PennLive Patriot-News]] |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=August 19, 2022}}</ref> The following month Mastriano sued the committee arguing that they did not follow proper procedure and did not have the power to conduct depositions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy Woodruff |title=Trump-aligned Pa. governor nominee Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/01/mastriano-lawsuit-jan6-committee-00054554 |access-date=September 5, 2022 |work=Politico |date=September 1, 2022}}</ref> In 2024, Mastriano was subject to an ethics complaint filed by State Senator [[Art Haywood]]. The complaint was based of a report by [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] (CREW) which outlined Mastriano's involvement in attempts to overturn the election and January 6. CREW's report stated, "There is compelling evidence that Mastriano is disqualified under [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution#January 6 United States Capitol attack|Section 3 of the 14th Amendment]] . . . He should be investigated and, if the evidence is substantiated, held accountable by the Pennsylvania Legislature, including possible expulsion from the Chamber."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caruso |first1=Stephen |title=What’s next for the Jan. 6th ethics complaint against Doug Mastriano |url=https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/01/pennsylvania-us-capitol-insurrection-doug-mastriano-ethics-complaint/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Spotlight PA |date=January 19, 2024}}</ref>

==2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign==
{{See also|2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election}}

[[File:Doug Mastriano (cropped).png|thumb|right|Mastriano campaigning for Governor in [[Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]] in 2022]]

Mastriano had long been rumored to be considering a bid for [[Governor of Pennsylvania]], particularly following his high-profile role in trying to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. In October 2021, Mastriano said he was considering a run for governor, but was [[Gideon#Origin of the phrase "putting out a fleece"|putting out a fleece]], and waiting for a sign from God before he could officially announce.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 22, 2021 |title=Doug Mastriano is waiting on a financial sign from God about running for governor|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/state-senator-doug-mastriano-2022-race-governor-republican-lou-barletta-jake-corman-20211022.html|access-date=May 14, 2022|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He has said that God and former president [[Donald Trump]] wanted him to run for governor.<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /><ref name="APN">{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Marc |title=GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-covid-health-pennsylvania-854dc3d0559708896beffc40b35682b2 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=AP News |date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> On January 8, 2022, Mastriano announced his candidacy as a Republican candidate for governor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 8, 2022|title=Mastriano announces candidacy for Pennsylvania governor|url=https://apnews.com/article/elections-pennsylvania-campaigns-presidential-elections-election-2020-165fa34683cdc90ab3853118257c0a5c|access-date=January 9, 2022|work=[[Associated Press]]|language=en}}</ref> Mastriano emerged as an early frontrunner in the race, alongside former Congressman [[Lou Barletta]].<ref name="BarlettaHart">{{Cite web|last=Seidman|first=Andrew|title=Lou Barletta is getting new support in the governor's race as GOP leaders try to stop Doug Mastriano|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/lou-barletta-endorsements-pa-governor-race-20220512.html|access-date=May 12, 2022|website=inquirer.com|date=May 12, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

While campaigning, Mastriano often used religious rhetoric. ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' said "Mastriano often invokes [[Esther]], the biblical Jewish queen who saved her people from slaughter by Persians, casting himself and his followers as God's chosen people who have arrived at a crossroads – and who must now defend their country, their very lives."<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /> ''Inquirer'' reporter Andrew Seidman described his rallies as a "[[megachurch]] event".<ref name=vox>{{cite news |last1=Jennings |first1=Natalie |title=Doug Mastriano really believes Trump's lies about 2020. He also might be Pennsylvania's next governor. |url=https://www.vox.com/2022/5/20/23132676/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> Mastriano's campaign motto "Walk as Free People" was a reference to the Bible verse [[John 8]]:36.<ref name=NewYorker />

In April, Mastriano spoke at and raised money for his campaign at a far-right Christian conference called "Patriots Arise for God and Country" in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]].<ref name="Inquirer">{{Cite web|last=Seidman|first=Andrew|title=A top GOP candidate for governor campaigned at an event promoting QAnon and conspiracy theories about 9/11|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-teddy-daniels-qanon-conference-gop-candidates-20220427.html|date=April 27, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2022|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaylor |first1=Brian |last2=Underwood |first2=Beau |title=Christian Nationalism as the Keystone |url=https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/christian-nationalism-as-the-keystone |access-date=May 14, 2022 |publisher=A Public Witness}}</ref> The conference promoted conspiracy theories claiming that [[QAnon|there is a global cabal of Democrats sex trafficking children]], [[9/11 truth movement|9/11 was a false flag attack]], [[Vaccine misinformation|vaccines amount to genocide therapy]] and [[Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death|Adolf Hitler faked his death]].<ref name="Inquirer" /> Jewish organizations criticized Mastriano following the rally due to the improper use of Jewish symbols as "campaign props" to open the event.<ref name="InquirerNationalist" />

Mastriano's campaign had largely avoided talking to media outlets and journalists,<ref name="APN" /> instead choosing to directly reach supporters via [[Facebook]] and speaking to a few conservative outlets.<ref name=magaplaybook /> Reporters from several outlets had been refused entry to his rallies, including reporters from ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'',<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /> [[NBC News]],<ref name="NBC" /> and [[CNN]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |title=Analysis: Candidates in Republican primaries are trying to dodge journalists |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/09/media/midterm-campaigns-reliable-sources/index.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=CNN |date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> A ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' reporter said that there were printed-out photographs of him and other journalists at the check-in desk at a Mastriano rally in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]].<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /> Mastriano's campaign also attempted to have two CNN journalists removed from a hotel where they had video equipment set up on a balcony overlooking a rally in [[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]]. The journalists had previously been prevented from being admitted to the rally; they were allowed by the hotel to stay.<ref name="CNN"/>

On November 8, 2022, Mastriano lost the general election to [[Pennsylvania Attorney General]] [[Josh Shapiro]], the Democratic nominee by about 14 percentage points. Mastriano conceded defeat to Shapiro five days after the election while also calling for reforms to Pennsylvania's electoral system.<ref name="concedes2022">{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3733639-mastriano-concedes-to-shapiro-calls-for-election-reform/ |title= Mastriano concedes to Shapiro, calls for election reform |date=November 13, 2022 |work=The Hill |first=Julia |last=Mueller |access-date=November 14, 2022 }}</ref> Former Republican senator from Pennsylvania [[Pat Toomey]] criticized Mastriano's campaign for its negative effect on Republican congressional races.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-fettermans-republican-predecessor-pat-toomey-blames-trump-for-dr-oz-big-loss |title=Fetterman's Republican Predecessor Turns on Trump After Dr. Oz' Big Loss |date=November 12, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast |first=William |last=Vaillancourt |access-date=July 10, 2023 }}</ref>

===Platform===

At a rally on May 7, 2022, Mastriano suggested that his gubernatorial administration would be so conservative that it would make [[Florida]] Governor [[Ron DeSantis]] look like an "[a]mateur".<ref name="NBC">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Allan |last2=Gomez |first2=Henry J. |title=Doug Mastriano's far-right path to front-runner status upends Pa.'s GOP primary for governor |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/doug-mastrianos-far-right-path-front-runner-status-upends-pas-gop-prim-rcna28389 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=May 12, 2022}}</ref> His platform for governor included expanding gun rights, lowering taxes, and supporting charter schools.<ref name="InquirerNationalist">{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Juliana Feliciano |last2=Seidman |first2=Andrew |title=Doug Mastriano embodies a Christian nationalist movement as he runs for governor: 'We have the power of God' |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/doug-mastriano-governor-christian-nationalism-qanon-20220504.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>

==== Abortion ====
Mastriano is opposed to abortion. He has expressed support for a ban on abortion from conception, saying "I'm at conception. We're going to have to work our way towards that."<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Doug Mastriano has been consistent about his abortion views for years |url=https://www.witf.org/2022/09/28/doug-mastriano-has-been-consistent-about-his-abortion-views-for-years/ |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=WITF |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=Katie |date=September 27, 2022 |title=Mastriano Said in 2019 That His Bill Would Treat Abortions as Murder |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/us/politics/doug-mastriano-abortion-murder.html |access-date=October 29, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He opposes exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.<ref name=":02" /> Mastriano has sponsored [[heartbeat bill]]s, which ban abortions after 6 to 10 weeks.<ref name="InquirerNationalist2">{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Juliana Feliciano |last2=Seidman |first2=Andrew |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Doug Mastriano embodies a Christian nationalist movement as he runs for governor: 'We have the power of God' |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/doug-mastriano-governor-christian-nationalism-qanon-20220504.html |access-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Chris |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Doug Mastriano doubles down on abortion restrictions during Pa. governor race - WHYY |publisher=WHYY.org |url=https://whyy.org/articles/doug-mastriano-abortion-restrictions-pa-governor-race/ |access-date=October 24, 2022}}</ref> In 2019, Mastriano said women who violated his proposed 10-week abortion ban should be charged with murder.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Allan|title=In 2019, Doug Mastriano said women who violated proposed abortion ban should be charged with murder|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doug-mastriano-said-2019-women-violated-proposed-abortion-ban-charged-rcna49601/|date=September 27, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022|website=[[NBC News]]|language=en}}</ref> Mastriano has referred to the practice as a "barbaric holocaust" and said that the slogan "[[my body, my choice]]" is "ridiculous nonsense".<ref name="RollingStone">{{Cite web|last=Dickinson|first=Tim|title=Ban Gay Marriage, Deport Dreamers: Doug Mastriano's Extreme Views Caught on Tape|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doug-mastriano-senate-lgbtq-islam-climate-dreamers-1397275/|date=August 16, 2022|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=[[The Rolling Stone]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="InquirerNationalist" /><ref name="NBC" /><ref name="WaPo">{{Cite news|last=Phillips|first=Amber|title=Who is Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/18/doug-mastriano-republican-pennsylvania/|access-date=May 18, 2022|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orso |first=Anna |title=The next Pa. governor will decide the future of abortion here. Shapiro and Mastriano's records are wildly different. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/inq2/josh-shapiro-doug-mastriano-abortion-20220705.html |access-date=July 21, 2022 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}}</ref> Mastriano has called the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court's]] decision in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', "worse than the [[Holocaust]]".<ref name="InquirerEndorsement">{{Cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/josh-shapiro-pennsylvania-governor-2022-endorsement-20221009.html|title=Josh Shapiro is the clear choice for Pennsylvania governor |date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=October 9, 2022 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref>

Shapiro has argued that Mastriano's anti-abortion views will cost Pennsylvania business and jobs as some Pennsylvania-based corporations, such as [[Duolingo]], have said they will leave the state if an abortion ban is passed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGoldrick |first=Gillian |title=Josh Shapiro's campaign, in first ad of $16.9 million buy, declares Doug Mastriano's anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ beliefs 'too risky for Pa.'|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/09/06/josh-shapiro-doug-mastriano-campaign-ads-abortion-lgbtq-stance-duolingo-roe-v-wade/stories/202209060067 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|language=en}}</ref>

==== Christian nationalism ====
An [[Associated Press]] article discussing Mastriano's combination of religion and politics said that Mastriano "leads rise in Christian nationalism among GOP candidates" and the article asserted that "watchers of Christian nationalism" considered Mastriano's primary win to be "by far the highest-profile victory for the movement".<ref name="rcn">{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=May 29, 2022 |title=Mastriano leads rise in Christian nationalism among GOP candidates |language=en |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/mastriano-leads-rise-in-christian-nationalism-among-gop-candidates.html |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> Republican strategist Mike Madrid told [[Politico]] Mastriano's Christian nationalism "is a movement....The [separation] between evangelical Christianity, white identity and American nationalism is basically gone. They're merging into the same thing."<ref>{{Cite news |last= Siders |first= David |work= [[Politico|Politico Magazine]] |date=June 10, 2022 |title='Comes Across as a Cult Guy': The Pennsylvania Candidate Freaking Out Both the Left and the Right |language=en |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/10/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-governor-profile-00038187 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> Despite being commonly described as a Christian nationalist, Mastriano has rejected this label.<ref name="rcn" /><ref name="spt" /><ref name="InquirerNationalist" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=William |title=Doug Mastriano's comments on Islam and climate change resurface, the latest hit for his campaign |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-islam-global-warming-2018-governor-pennsylvania-20220819.html |access-date=August 20, 2022 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=August 19, 2022}}</ref>

==== Voting restrictions and plan to only certify elections for Republicans ====
Although no evidence of "compromised" voting machines has been found<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. finds no evidence flaws in Dominion voting machines were ever exploited |language=en-US |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dominion-voting-machines-2020-election-cisa/ |access-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref> and although pending defamation lawsuits have been brought by both [[Dominion Voting Systems#Defamation lawsuits|Dominion Voting Systems]] and [[Smartmatic#2020 presidential election and defamation lawsuits|Smartmatic Corp]] against certain defendants who claimed otherwise, Mastriano has said that if he is elected, within his first 100 days he would "immediately end all contracts with compromised voting machine companies". Mastriano seeks to restrict voting.<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /> He would repeal Pennsylvania's no-excuse mail voting law, which he previously voted for.<ref name="spt" /><ref name="NBC" /> As governor, Mastriano would have the power to appoint Pennsylvania's secretary of state, who oversees elections in the state. In April 2022, Mastriano said that his secretary of state would "reset" voter rolls so that Pennsylvanians would have to re-register to vote.<ref name="NBC" /> He reiterated his intent to do so days after the primary election held on May 17, 2022.<ref name="APexplainer">{{cite web |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/06/02/doug-mastriano-re-register-to-vote-2022-pa-governor-race-explainer-federal-voting-law/stories/202206020107 |title=Explainer: Can Pa. gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano make voters re-register? |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |first=Marc |last=Levy |date=June 2, 2022 |access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref> According to legal scholars consulted by the [[Associated Press]], such an action would be a clear violation of federal law and may also violate state law and constitutional protections as well.<ref name="APexplainer" /> At a 2022 campaign event, Mastriano suggested that he might only certify Pennsylvania's election results if the Republican candidate for president wins.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dawsey |first=Josh |title=Doug Mastriano's Pa. victory could give 2020 denier oversight of 2024 |language=en |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/18/doug-mastrianos-pa-victory-could-give-2020-denier-oversight-2024/ |access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

==== Disbelief in climate change ====
Mastriano supports pulling Pennsylvania out of the [[Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative]], a market-based program to reduce [[greenhouse gas emissions]] to combat [[climate change]].<ref name=RGGI>{{cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/facebook-pennsylvania-governor-mastriano-abortion-climate-20220718.html |title=Doug Mastriano is deleting his videos from Facebook as he runs for Pa. governor |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|first=William|last=Bender|date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref> Dismissing the extensively documented [[Scientific consensus on climate change|scientific consensus that humans are dangerously interfering]] with the [[climate system]],<ref name=Cook_2016>{{cite journal |last1=Cook |first1=John |last2=Oreskes |first2=Naomi |author2-link=Naomi Oreskes |last3=Doran |first3=Peter T. |last4=Anderegg |first4=William R. L. |last5=Verheggen |first5=Bart |display-authors=4 |date=2016 |title=Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming |journal=Environmental Research Letters |volume=11 |issue=4 |page=048002 |bibcode=2016ERL....11d8002C |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/048002 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/34949783-dac1-4ce7-ad95-5dc0798930a6 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Powell2019">{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=James Lawrence |author-link=James L. Powell |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Scientists Reach 100% Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming  |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0270467619886266 |journal=Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=183–184 |doi=10.1177/0270467619886266 |s2cid=213454806 |access-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name=EnvRschLtrs_20211019>{{cite journal |last1=Lynas |first1=Mark |last2=Houlton |first2=Benjamin Z. |last3=Perry |first3=Simon |title=Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature |journal=Environmental Research Letters |date=October 19, 2021 |volume=16 |issue=11 |page=114005 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/ac2966 |bibcode=2021ERL....16k4005L |s2cid=239032360 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=Myers_2021>{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Krista F. |last2=Doran |first2=Peter T. |last3=Cook |first3=John |last4=Kotcher |first4=John E. |last5=Myers |first5=Teresa A. |title=Consensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later |journal=Environmental Research Letters |date=October 20, 2021 |volume=16 |issue=10 |page=104030 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/ac2774 |bibcode=2021ERL....16j4030M |s2cid=239047650 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Mastriano justified his opposition to the initiative by claiming climate change is "just a theory" based on "pop science" while "the weatherman can't get the weather right 24 hours out."<ref name=RGGI /> In a 2018 radio interview, Mastriano said that climate science is a "fake science. And it's a racket at the academic level."<ref name=Guardian_20221104>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |last2=Milman |first2=Oliver |title=Republican candidates on climate: 'fake science' to 'carbon is healthy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |newspaper=The Guardian |date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104115008/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Education plan and school funding cuts ====
On the issue of education, Mastriano has called for cuts to funding of public education and proposed reducing per-student school funding from $19,000 to about $9,000.<ref name=Education>{{cite web |url=https://whyy.org/articles/pa-2022-election-governor-candidates-shapiro-mastriano-education-plans/|title=Slashed funding, equity, parent choice: Pa. gov candidates have hugely different education plans|website=[[WHYY-FM]]|first=Katie|last=Meyer|date=August 24, 2022 |access-date=August 25, 2022}}</ref> The [[Pennsylvania State Education Association]] analyzed Mastriano's education plan and determined it would "amount to a school funding cut of $12.75 billion and could likely lead to the loss of more than 118,000 jobs in public schools in Pennsylvania..."<ref name=Education /> He supports [[school vouchers]] that could be used at any school including charter and religious schools.<ref name=Education />

During an October 2022 rally, Mastriano said, if elected governor, that "the sexualization of our kids, pole dancing, and all this other crap that's going on will be forbidden in our schools."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/doug-mastriano-said-he-would-ban-pole-dancing-from-pennsylvania-schools-2022-10|title=Doug Mastriano bizarrely pledged to ban pole dancing from schools if he is elected governor of Pennsylvania|website=[[Insider Inc.]]|first=Alia|last=Shoaib|date=October 2, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>

==== Illegal immigration ====
Mastriano supports removing undocumented immigrants living in Pennsylvania. He has said he supports busing them to [[Wilmington, Delaware]], the hometown of President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-2022-midterm-elections-donald-trump-presidential-pennsylvania-a4ff7b3916db0f2babf439f5c9e8184b | title=Trump moves to general election mode with Pennsylvania rally | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=September 3, 2022}}</ref>

==== LGBTQ+ rights ====
Mastriano has said that [[same-sex marriage]] should be illegal, and that same-sex parents should not be allowed to adopt children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Doug Mastriano: is the Trump-backed election denier too extreme to win? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-republicans-trump-governor |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> On Mastriano's campaign page for the Pennsylvania Senate, he says that "marriage is between a man and woman{{snd}} and that no amount of disinformation or political correctness will change these facts".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Mastriano, Republican for State Senate |url=https://fight4pa.com/ |access-date=July 29, 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322140034/https://fight4pa.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mastriano opposes efforts to ban or discourage [[conversion therapy]], a pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation. He has called efforts to discourage the practice as "disgusting" saying the practice can be used to cure children who are "confused".<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClure |first=Kelly |title=Doug Mastriano says it's "disgusting" to discourage conversion therapy for LGBTQIA+ kids|url=https://www.salon.com/2022/08/26/doug-mastriano-says-its-disgusting-to-discourage-conversion-therapy-for-lgbtqia-kids/|access-date=August 26, 2022|website=[[Salon.com]]|date=August 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

He supports legislation to ban [[gender transition]] surgeries for transgender children. He has described the procedures as "experimental medical procedures" that distort "the concept of gender so that it defies the bounds of science and logic".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mastriano Announces Bill Prohibiting Pediatric Gender Transition Surgeries |url=https://senatormastriano.com/2022/09/23/mastriano-announces-bill-prohibiting-pediatric-gender-transition-surgeries/|access-date=October 21, 2022|date=September 23, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In October 2022, Mastriano accused the [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]] of "grabbing homeless kids and kids in foster care, apparently, and experimenting on them with [[gender transitioning]]..."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bender |first=William |title=The final days of Doug Mastriano's shoestring campaign: Is his 'army' of fans enough?|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-josh-shapiro-final-days-army-rallies-20221025.html|access-date=October 28, 2022|website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=October 25, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

===Republican primary===
In the closing days of the primary election, Mastriano led in most polls, much to the dismay of the Pennsylvania Republican establishment, who believed Mastriano would lose the general election to the presumptive Democratic nominee, Attorney General [[Josh Shapiro]].<ref name="BarlettaHart" /> A number of candidates including [[President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate]] [[Jake Corman]] and former Congresswoman [[Melissa Hart (politician)|Melissa Hart]] dropped out and endorsed [[Lou Barletta]], in a bid to stop Mastriano.<ref name="BarlettaHart" /> Three days before the election former president [[Donald Trump]] endorsed Mastriano.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://axios.com/2022/05/14/trump-mastriano-pennsylvania-governor|date=May 14, 2022|access-date=May 14, 2022|title=Trump endorses Doug Mastriano for governor of Pennsylvania|last=Knuston|first=Jacob|website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref> Mastriano won the Republican primary election with 44% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Here are the key primary election results from Pennsylvania |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1098065185/pennsylvania-primary-election-results |access-date=May 18, 2022 |work=NPR |date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>

During the lead-up to the primary, Shapiro's campaign released a televised advertisement stating that a Mastriano win is "a win for what Donald Trump stands for". The ad was labeled as promoting Mastriano, a candidate Democrats saw as being easier to defeat in the general election.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Democrats' Risky Bet: Aid G.O.P. Extremists in Spring, Hoping to Beat Them in Fall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/democrats-midterms-trump-gop.html|date=June 16, 2022|archive-date=September 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905075301/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/democrats-midterms-trump-gop.html|last=Weisman|first=Jonathan|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>

An investigation by ''[[Media Matters for America]]'' reported that Mastriano paid $5,000 to the [[Gab (social network)|Gab]] social network service on April 28, 2022, for "campaign consulting". As a result of the payments, every new account on Gab automatically followed Mastriano's account. Gab has been described as a social media haven for white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Gab co-founder and CEO Andrew Torba has a history of antisemitic comments and associations with white supremacists.<ref>{{Cite web |date= August 18, 2022 |title=Andrew Torba: Five Things to Know &#124; ADL|url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/andrew-torba-five-things-know-0 |access-date=October 18, 2022 |website=[[Anti-Defamation League]]}}</ref> Torba said, "This is the most important election of the 2022 midterms because Doug is an outspoken Christian. We are going to build a coalition of Christian nationalists, of Christians, of Christian candidates, at the state, local and federal levels and we're going to take this country back for the glory of God." Torba added, "My policy is not to conduct interviews with reporters who aren't Christian or with outlets who aren't Christian and Doug has a very similar media strategy where he does not do interviews with these people. He does not talk to these people. He does not give press access to these people."<ref>{{cite news |title=Gab Was Key To The Tree Of Life Shooting. Doug Mastriano Seems To Be Paying It For Followers. |last1=Mathias| first1= Christopher |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-mastriano-gab-andrew-torba_n_62d08787e4b02d3ecf3184b9 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |work=[[HuffPost]]|date=July 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=William |title=A Jewish Republican group is denouncing Doug Mastriano's links to an extremist social-media site |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-gab-republican-jewish-coalition-andrew-torba-20220721.html |access-date=July 23, 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Oliver |title=GOP candidate for Pa. governor Mastriano paid $5,000 to the website used by the Tree of Life shooter |url=https://www.wesa.fm/courts-justice/2022-07-13/gop-candidate-for-pa-governor-mastriano-paid-5-000-to-the-website-used-by-the-tree-of-life-shooter |access-date=July 25, 2022 |work=90.5 WESA |date=July 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Deto |first1=Ryan |title=Pittsburgh Jewish, Black leaders call out Doug Mastriano for ties to Gab social platform |url=https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/pittsburgh-jewish-black-leaders-call-out-mastriano-for-ties-to-gab-social-platform/ |access-date=July 25, 2022 |work=TribLIVE |date=July 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Joffree |first1=Tzvi |title=Jews, non-Christians not part of conservative movement - GOP candidate consultant |url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-713128 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> After his ties to Gab were revealed, Mastriano distanced himself from the social platform following criticism and said he rejects [[antisemitism]]. His Gab account was also removed on July 28.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deto |first1=Ryan |title=Doug Mastriano's Gab page removed, candidate responds to criticism of social media platform |url=https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/doug-mastrianos-gab-page-removed-candidate-responds-to-criticism-of-social-media-platform/ |access-date=August 1, 2022 |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|TribLIVE]] |date=July 29, 2022}}</ref> Mastriano has said that he is not antisemitic because his campaign has had Jewish symbols, including the [[tallit]] and [[shofar]], at one of their rallies.<ref name=antisemt /> Some Jewish organizations, however, have criticized Mastriano for the use of Jewish symbols at his campaign events.<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /> The man at the rally, who presented the Jewish symbols, was identified as "Pastor Don" and is a [[messianic Jew]].<ref name=antisemt>{{cite news |last1=Kornbluh |first1=Jacob |title=Mastriano fights back against antisemitism accusations, citing use of shofar|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/512986/doug-mastriano-fights-back-against-antisemitism-accusations-citing-shofar/ |access-date=October 4, 2022 |work=[[The Forward]] |date=August 3, 2022}}</ref>

===General election===
Mastriano faced [[Pennsylvania Attorney General]] [[Josh Shapiro]] in the November 8, 2022 general election, and lost.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Allan |title=Democrat Josh Shapiro defeats Republican Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania governor's race |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/josh-shapiro-declared-winner-2022-pennsylvania-governor-midterm-electi-rcna55169 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Mastriano's general election efforts as a "ragtag campaign" that had "no television ads on the air [after] May, [chose] not to interact with the state's news media in ways that would push his agenda, and trail[ed] by double digits in reputable public polling..."<ref name="RagtagCampaign">{{Cite web|last=Epstein|first=Reid|date=September 26, 2022|title=Mastriano's Sputtering Campaign: No TV Ads, Tiny Crowds, Little Money|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/us/politics/doug-mastriano-campaign-pennsylvania.html|access-date=August 20, 2022|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Matt Brouillette, a Pennsylvania Republican strategist, said of Mastriano's campaign, "I've not seen anything that is even a semblance of a campaign."<ref name="RagtagCampaign" />

In July 2022, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL), a Jewish civil rights organization, condemned Mastriano's "politics that teeter on the edge of a kind of extremism".<ref name="ADL">{{Cite web|last=Brennan|first=Chris|date=August 15, 2022|title=Josh Shapiro's new ads cite Doug Mastriano's ties to antisemitic content on Gab|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-josh-shapiro-george-soros-campaign-governor-20220815.html&int_promo=|access-date=August 20, 2022|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In August, Mastriano was placed on their list of "right-wing extremists" seeking elected office and once again condemned by the ADL after spreading debunked, antisemitic, [[George Soros conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories]] that [[George Soros]], a liberal businessman, was a Nazi.<ref name="ADL" />

In August 2022, Mastriano condemned the [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago]], the residence of former president Trump, as "an outrageous weaponization of America's tools of justice against political opponents of the current regime in Washington, DC". He urged his supporters "to exercise their votes and throw the bums out – Democrats in Washington and Harrisburg".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fischler |first1=Jacob |date=August 10, 2022 |title=DPa. Rep. Perry says feds seized his cell phone after search at Mar-a-Lago |work=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/dc-bureau/republicans-in-congress-line-up-behind-trump-after-he-says-fbi-searched-mar-a-lago/ |access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref>

Mastriano faced accusations of antisemitism in September 2022 following comments he made regarding Shapiro, who is Jewish.<ref name="Barrack">{{Cite web|last=Korbluh|first=Jacob|date=September 15, 2022|title=PA governor race: Mastriano attacks Shapiro for going to Jewish day school|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/518163/doug-mastriano-josh-shapiro-jewish-day-school-antisemitism/|access-date=August 20, 2022|newspaper=[[The Forward]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Mastriano said that Shapiro cannot relate to voters because he grew up "in a privileged neighborhood" and attended a "privileged, exclusive, elite school", which therefore means Shapiro has "disdain for people like us".<ref name="Barrack" /> Shapiro's alma mater in question is [[Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy]] (then Akiba Hebrew Academy), a [[Jewish day school]]. Mastriano also critiqued Shapiro for sending his kids to a Jewish day school.<ref name="Barrack" /> A number of figures, including [[Jake Tapper]], a [[CNN]] journalist and fellow alumnus of Shapiro's school,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tornoe |first=Rob |date=September 16, 2022 |title=CNN's Jake Tapper rebukes Doug Mastriano's claims about Jewish school in Philly suburbs |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/cnn-jake-tapper-doug-mastriano-josh-shapiro-jewish-school-philadelphia-20220916.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916131319/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/cnn-jake-tapper-doug-mastriano-josh-shapiro-jewish-school-philadelphia-20220916.html |archive-date=September 16, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> condemned the remarks as antisemitic.<ref name="Barrack" /> Tapper said: "I don't think I have ever heard Mr. Mastriano describe any other Pennsylvania parochial school in that way."<ref name="Barrack" /> A school official said that more than 60% of students receive financial aid.<ref name="Barrack" /> Responding to Tapper, Mastriano said the "irony was listening to Jake Tapper, one of his classmates, defend the elite school they go to. 'I'm not elitist' — it's like [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] saying 'I'm not a criminal.' Yes, you are elitist."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Samuels|first=Ben|date=October 12, 2022|title=Hitler's Car Becomes Latest Scandal in Key Pennsylvania Election|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2022-10-12/ty-article/.premium/hitlers-car-and-a-jewish-day-school-are-latest-scandals-in-key-pennsylvania-elections/00000183-c77b-d751-abff-cffb20e60000|access-date=October 12, 2022|website=[[Haaretz]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Mastriano has continued to use the line of attack saying "[apparently] now it is some kind of racist thing if I talk about the school..."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Benyamin|date=October 3, 2022|title=New details about Trump-Kushner relationship leak ahead of blockbuster book release|url=https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/forwarding-the-news/519998/new-details-about-trump-kushner-relationship-leak-ahead-of-blockbuster-book-release/|access-date=October 3, 2022|website=[[The Forward]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Mastriano's wife, Rebbie, defended the comments saying "we probably love Israel more than a lot of Jews do", citing years of outreach contributions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Joffre|first=Tzvi|date=October 30, 2022|title=GOP candidate Doug Mastriano's wife: 'We love Israel more than Jews'|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-721026|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|language=en-US|access-date=October 30, 2022 }}</ref>

Towards the end of the summer, Shapiro's lead over Mastriano began to grow in the polls and Mastriano's campaign lacked the funding to run many ads on TV.<ref name="ErraticCampaign">{{Cite web|last=Bender|first=William|date=September 28, 2022|title=As campaign struggles, Doug Mastriano plans '40 days of fasting and prayer'|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-fasting-prayer-campaign-rally-struggling-20220928.html|access-date=September 29, 2022|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' reported that Mastriano's "messaging has grown increasingly erratic, sometimes arguably bordering on nonsensical".<ref name="ErraticCampaign" /> Forty days prior to the general election, Mastriano called on his supporters to join him for a fast that would last until election day.<ref name="ErraticCampaign" />

In October, in a rare move, two retired [[U.S. Army War College]] professors publicly rebuked Mastriano and said he was unfit to serve as governor.<ref name="ArmyRebuke">{{Cite web|last=Bender|first=William|date=October 16, 2022|title=In a rare rebuke, two retired War College professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit to be governor|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/doug-mastriano-war-college-biddle-coplen-alvin-york-20221016.html|access-date=October 16, 2022|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

One week before the general election, acting [[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Secretary of State]] [[Leigh M. Chapman]] announced the total vote count would take "days". Mastriano falsely claimed this was "an attempt to have the fix in".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dale |first1=Daniel |title=Trump and other Republicans are already casting doubt on midterm results |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/politics/trump-midterms-casting-doubt-pennsylvania/index.html |access-date=November 11, 2022 |work=CNN |date=November 7, 2022}}</ref> After the election had been called for Shapiro, Mastriano initially did not concede.<ref name="Concession">{{Cite web|last=Siwy|first=Bruce|date=November 11, 2022|title=Doug Mastriano refuses to concede in Pa. amid new baseless allegations from Trump|url=https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/11/doug-mastriano-not-conceding-pennsylvania-governor-race-josh-shapiro/69639736007/|access-date=November 14, 2022|newspaper=[[Erie Times-News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Five days after the election was called for Shapiro, Mastriano formally conceded the race without issue.<ref name="concedes2022" />

==== Ties to far-right extremists and militias ====
During an Independence Day parade, supporters of Mastriano could be seen carrying a flag bearing the emblem of the [[Three Percenters]]. The Three Percenters are a far-right [[American militia movement|anti-government militia]] that has been labeled as an extremist organization by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campisi |first1=Jon |title=Mastriano Supporters Seen Carrying Three Percenters Flag During Parade|url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/abington/mastriano-supporters-seen-carrying-three-percenters-flag-during-parade|access-date=August 11, 2022 |work=Patch.com|date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>

A July 2022 article in ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/07/04/hes-on-a-mission-from-god-pennsylvania-candidate-doug-mastrianos-with-the-world/ |title=He's on a mission from God: Pennsylvania GOP candidate Doug Mastriano's war with the world |date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[salon.com]] |first=Frederick |last=Clarkson |author-link=Frederick Clarkson |access-date=September 19, 2022 }}</ref> expanded upon by ''[[Media Matters for America]]'' in August, found that Mastriano has campaigned with and promoted Julie Green, an acknowledged prophet in the [[New Apostolic Reformation]].<ref name="NewMediaMatters">{{Cite web|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|date=August 17, 2022|title=Doug Mastriano's campaign 'prophet': Political executions are coming, Biden 'is no longer alive,' Pelosi drinks 'children's blood'|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/doug-mastriano-campaign-prophet-julie-green-political-executions-are-coming|access-date=August 21, 2022|newspaper=[[Media Matters for America]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Green, who says she has "a special relationship" with Mastriano and gave the opening prayer at one of Mastriano's campaign events, has promoted conspiracy theories including that [[Nancy Pelosi]] "loves to drink the little children's blood" and that [[Joe Biden]] is actually dead and being played by an actor.<ref name="NewMediaMatters" /> Green has prophesied that a number of politicians including [[Liz Cheney]], [[Doug Ducey]], [[Mitch McConnell]], [[Jerry Nadler]], [[Mitt Romney]] and [[Chuck Schumer]] will be executed for treason.<ref name="NewMediaMatters" />

An August 2022 investigation by ''[[LNP (newspaper)|LNP]]'' found that Mastriano's security detail was made up of non-professional, armed guards including the former regional leader of the [[Oath Keepers]], a far-right extremist militia group.<ref name="SecurityDetail">{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Carl|date=August 20, 2022|title='Flow from the pulpit:' The LifeGate church members providing security to Doug Mastriano|url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/flow-from-the-pulpit-the-lifegate-church-members-providing-security-to-doug-mastriano-video/article_df406aa2-1fe2-11ed-aeff-03f9ba26a060.html|access-date=August 20, 2022|newspaper=[[LNP (newspaper)|LNP]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Several other members of the security detail are members of LifeGate, an [[Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania|Elizabethtown]]-based evangelical church, whose leaders have spoken publicly about their goals to elect Christians to public office to advance biblical principles in government.<ref name="SecurityDetail" />

At a September 2022 rally in [[Chambersburg, Pennsylvania|Chambersburg]], a speaker directed the crowd to raise their hands in unison and then to bring their hands down on the count of three.<ref name="Salute">{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=September 20, 2022|title=Hand Symbols, Raised Arms and QAnon Theme Music: How Recent Far-Right Rallies Took an Ominous Tone|url=https://people.com/politics/donald-trump-doug-mastriano-rallies-spark-controversy-nazi-qanon-parallels/|access-date=September 20, 2022|newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The crowd shouted "as one" as they lowered their hands.<ref name="Salute" /> The gesture was described as being "eerily similar" to a [[Nazi salute]].<ref name="Salute" /> The Texas evangelist who directed the unison activity said he is part Jewish and that the salute comparison was "typical leftist lies" about a Republican event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-mastriano-campaign-preacher-20220920-uz2gbld7avba7owuzhxp5jppia-story.html |title=New 'prophet' on the campaign trial with Doug Mastriano is a prayer-coin salesman who calls Biden the 'antichrist' |date=September 20, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |first=William |last=Bender |access-date=September 21, 2022 |via=[[The Morning Call]] }}</ref>

In October 2022, Mastriano appeared at a campaign rally with conspiracy theorist [[Jack Posobiec]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://levittownnow.com/2022/10/02/mastriano-brings-campaign-for-governor-to-bucks-county-calls-for-new-day-in-pa/ |title=Mastriano Brings Campaign For Governor To Bucks County, Calls For 'New Day' In PA
 |date=October 1, 2022 |website=Levittownnow.com |first=Tom |last=Sofield |access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/doug-mastriano-holding-event-jack-posobiec-who-has-collaborated-neo-nazis-and-spread |title=Doug Mastriano is holding an event with Jack Posobiec, who has collaborated with neo-Nazis and spread antisemitism |date=September 28, 2022 |website=Media Matters |first=Eric|last=Hananoki|access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref> Posobiec has repeatedly used white supremacist and antisemitic talking points, including the [[Fourteen Words]], a reference to a white supremacist slogan.<ref name="miamiflorida">{{cite news |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-republican-wants-to-add-political-affiliation-to-hate-crime-list-9707608 |title=Florida State Rep. Wants Attacking "Political Affiliation" to Be Hate Crime |date=September 28, 2017 |newspaper=[[Miami New Times]] |access-date=September 3, 2018 |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806145709/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-republican-wants-to-add-political-affiliation-to-hate-crime-list-9707608 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dailybeastnewyork">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-young-republicans-go-full-alt-right|title=New York Young Republicans Flirt With the Racist Right|first=Dean|last=Obeidallah|website=The Daily Beast|date=August 15, 2019|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003026/https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-young-republicans-go-full-alt-right|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SPLC20200708">{{cite news|last=Hayden|first=Michael Edison|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/08/twitter-gave-free-rein-jack-posobiec-publish-antisemitic-hate-and-disinformation|title=Twitter Gave Free Rein for Jack Posobiec To Publish Antisemitic Hate and Disinformation|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hayden|first=Michael Edison|date=July 8, 2020|title=Jack Posobiec's Rise Tied to White Supremacist Movement|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/08/jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2022, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' reported that Mastriano was an administrator for a Facebook group, which features a number of racist and antisemitic posts.<ref name="FacebookGroup">{{Cite web |last=Sollenberger |first=Rolly |date=November 1, 2022 |title=PA Guv Candidate Doug Mastriano's Secret Meme Page Is a Far-Right Rats' Nest|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/pennsylvania-governor-candidate-doug-mastrianos-secret-meme-page-is-a-far-right-rats-nest?ref=scroll |access-date=November 1, 2022 |website=[[The Daily Beat]]}}</ref> The page features posts stating that [[Michelle Obama]] is transgender, [[George Soros]] is a Jewish puppet master who controls politicians and that immigrants are "scary brown people".<ref name="FacebookGroup" />

At least six people who were in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, during the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|Capitol attack]] have donated to Mastriano's campaign.<ref name="Donors2022">{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Chris |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Mastriano mocks Shapiro as 'little Josh.' Shapiro's revenge: a massive bank account.|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/josh-shapiro-doug-mastriano-campaign-finance-reports-20220927.html |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref> He also received a $500 donation from Andrew Torba, a white supremacist and Christian nationalist.<ref name="Donors2022" />

==== Confederate uniform controversy ====

[[File:United States Army War College faculty photo April 9, 2014 (cropped, Doug Mastriano).jpg|thumb|right|150px|Mastriano pictured in a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Uniforms of the Confederate States Armed Forces|uniform]], adapted from Army War College faculty photograph]]

In late August 2022, [[Reuters]] obtained a photograph via a [[FOIA request]] showing Mastriano dressed in a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] uniform while posing in a 2013{{endash}}14 faculty portrait for the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]]. The photo was taken at the [[U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center]] along the [[U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center#Army Heritage Trail|Army Heritage Trail]].<ref name="Portrait">{{Cite web|last=Stewart|first=Phil|date=August 26, 2022|title=Exclusive: Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-pennsylvania-candidate-mastriano-posed-confederate-uniform-army-war-2022-08-26/|access-date=August 26, 2022|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Reuters, the faculty was permitted to dress in historical attire.<ref name="Portrait" /> At least 15 of the 21 people in the picture chose to wear regular attire.<ref name="Portrait" /> One man in the photograph could be seen wearing an aviator's helmet while another wore a trench coat.<ref name="Portrait" /> Mastriano was the only member photographed wearing Confederate attire.<ref name="Portrait" />

After the report was published, the photo was removed from the Army War College's collection of portraits "because it does not meet AWC values"; a spokesperson for the Army noted that "the Army supports commanders who remove symbols or images that do not comport with Army values."<ref name="Portrait" /> According to Reuters, "Confederate symbols can be seen as insensitive to those who view them as painful reminders of racial oppression" and "Confederate symbols and dress have been embraced by white supremacists in the United States."<ref name="Portrait" />

Following the controversy, ''Media Matters for America'' published a Facebook livestream from Mastriano in 2020 where he praised armed men, who were ostensibly defending a statue of Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] in [[Gettysburg National Park]].<ref name="FacebookVideo">{{Cite web|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|date=August 29, 2022|title=In Facebook video, Doug Mastriano thanked pro-Confederate armed men for supposedly defending Gen. Lee statue|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/facebook-video-doug-mastriano-thanked-pro-confederate-armed-men-supposedly|access-date=August 30, 2022|website=[[Media Matters for America]]|language=en-US}}</ref> In the video, Mastriano says "Friends, thanks for being here. I'm Senator Mastriano{{nbsp}}... It's good to see you guys{{nbsp}}... Thanks for being vigilant."<ref name="FacebookVideo" /> In another part of the video, Mastriano says to a man wearing a half-Confederate, half-U.S. flag: "You're looking good there, man. I can't think of a better cape."<ref name="FacebookVideo" />

==Published works as author==

=== ''Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne'' ===
Mastriano's first book, ''Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne'' ({{ISBN|978-0813145198}}), was published by the [[University Press of Kentucky]] in 2014.<ref name="northfield">{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthfieldnews.com/news/2015-02-05/News/Biographer_of_WWI_hero_Sergeant_York_Named_Winner_.html |title=Biographer of WWI hero Sergeant York named Winner of 2015 Colby Award |date=February 5, 2015 |website=[[Northfield News & Transcript|The Northfield News]] |access-date=April 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325050215/http://www.thenorthfieldnews.com/news/2015-02-05/News/Biographer_of_WWI_hero_Sergeant_York_Named_Winner_.html |archive-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref> Mastriano conducted twelve years of research for the book.<ref name="newyork">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/world/americas/26iht-york.3300183.html |title=Proof offered of Sgt. York's war exploits |last=Smith |first=Craig S. |date=October 26, 2006 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> His team uncovered thousands of artifacts that Mastriano believed were related to York's battle of October 8, 1918.<ref name="northfield" />

Mastriano's book received the 2015 [[Colby Award|William E. Colby Award]] of the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium at [[Norwich University]] (an award for a first published work of a military topic author),<ref name=Colby>{{cite web |url=http://colby.norwich.edu/participants/douglas-v-mastriano/ |title=Col Douglas V. Mastriano, PhD |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium, [[Norwich University]] |access-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-date=May 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501094312/http://colby.norwich.edu/participants/douglas-v-mastriano/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[National Museum of the United States Army|Army Historical Foundation]] Award, the [[United States Army War College|US Army War College]] Madigan Award and the 2015 Crader Family Book Prize in American Values.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Author-Douglas-V-Mastriano-Wins-Crader-Book-Prize-20150424 |title=Author Douglas V. Mastriano Wins Crader Book Prize |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 24, 2015 |website=[[Broadway Books]] |access-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausa.org/news/2015/Pages/AUSABookWinsFourAwards.aspx |title=AUSA Book Wins Four Awards |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 19, 2015 |website=[[Association of the United States Army]] |access-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref>

Other researchers have questioned the accuracy of the book, including James Gregory, a PhD Candidate at the University of Oklahoma, who has identified 30 citations in the work that he asserts are fraudulent (i.e., not supporting the claims they are cited to support or having obviously doubtful reliability), and a photo on the dust jacket that is labeled by the Army as having been taken twelve days before York's Medal of Honor action but is presented as depicting the action's aftermath.<ref name="APAim">{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pennsylvania-kentucky-new-brunswick-gary-cooper-96db4958d0caeb992347d9b83198084f|title=In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research|first=Mark |last=Scolforo|date=March 20, 2021|work=[[AP News]]}}</ref> The University Press of Kentucky, which published the book, asked Mastriano in September to respond before November 2021 to about 30 items of concern; his response or the publisher's own recommendations were then to be reviewed by the publisher and a peer reviewer for inclusion in a new printing in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/publisher-to-reissue-pa-sen-doug-mastrianos-wwi-book-with-corrections/ |title=Publisher to reissue Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano's WWI book with corrections |date=September 8, 2021 |work=Trib Live |agency=Associated Press |access-date=September 13, 2021 }}</ref>

Several archeologists and historians have raised questions about Mastriano's findings regarding the location of Alvin York's Medal of Honor actions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battledetective Battle studies |url=https://battledetective.com/battlestudy19.html|access-date=November 28, 2020 |website=battledetective.com}}</ref> In an introduction to Michael Kelly's ''Hero on the Western Front: Discovering Alvin York's Battlefield'', the late [[Ed Bearss]], former chief historian for the [[National Park Service]], says that Kelly "identifies serious problems with [Mastriano's York Group] that compromise the validity of their claims that they had located the York sites".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dXLDwAAQBAJ |title=Hero on the Western Front: Discovering Alvin York's WWI Battlefield |date=August 30, 2018 |publisher=[[Casemate Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-5267-0077-3 |language=en}}</ref>

Brad Posey, who had initially been a member of Mastriano's team, described Mastriano as "A U.S. Army or Air Force officer using a very cheap-looking metal detector with no experience in metal detecting".<ref name=":0" /> Posey left Mastriano's team after becoming convinced that Mastriano was incorrect, and joined the competing Nolan group.<ref name=":0" /> Lieutenant Col. Taylor V. Beattie, an Alvin York researcher,<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 28, 2015|title=Sergeant Alvin York: Personal Accounts That Reveal His True Story |url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2015/09/28/sergeant-alvin-york-personal-accounts-that-reveal-his-true-story/ |access-date=November 28, 2020 |website=Warfare History Network|language=en-US}}</ref> was critical of Mastriano's lack of annotation during his research, saying, "This is actually one of the things I warned Mastriano about. Somebody should be able to retrace what he did."<ref name=":0" /> Beattie later criticized Mastriano's team for using a bulldozer to make room for a monument, rendering any further archaeological investigation impossible.<ref name=":0" />

=== Other works ===
Other works by Mastriano include:
* ''Thunder in the Argonne: A New History of America's Greatest Battle'' ({{ISBN|978-0813175553}})
*''Project 1704: U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, Appropriate U.S. Response, and Implications for U.S. Landpower – Putin's Rise to Power, Military, Ukraine Crisis'', as project leader for a U.S. Army War College project, 2017<ref>{{cite report |title=Project 1704: U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, Appropriate U.S. Response, and Implications for U.S. Landpower – Putin's Rise to Power, Military, Ukraine Crisis |date=January 13, 2017 |isbn=978-1520122106 }}</ref>
* ''Project 1721: A U.S. Army War College Assessment on Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe and Recommendations on How to Leverage Landpower to Maintain the Peace'', as project leader for a U.S. Army War College project, 2017<ref>{{cite report |editor-first=Douglas V. |editor-last=Mastriano |url=https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1342 |title=Project 1721: A U.S. Army War College Assessment On Russian Strategy In Eastern Europe And Recommendations On How To Leverage Landpower To Maintain The Peace |date=March 22, 2017 |website=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] |access-date=March 30, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317141905/https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1342|archive-date=March 17, 2018 }}</ref>
* ''Project 1704: A U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, an Appropriate U.S. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower'', as project leader for a U.S. Army War College project, 2015<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1274 |title=Project 1704: A U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, an Appropriate U.S. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower |date=March 26, 2015 |website=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] |access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Nebuchadnezzar's Sphinx: What Have We Learned from Baghdad's Plan to Take Kuwait?'', a thesis for the School of Advanced Air Power Studies, [[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]], [[Maxwell Air Force Base]], [[Montgomery, Alabama]], June 2002<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Mastriano |first=Douglas V. |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a420681.pdf |title=Nebuchadnezzar's Sphinx: What Have We Learned from Baghdad's Plan to Take Kuwait? |publisher=[[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]], [[Maxwell Air Force Base]], [[Montgomery, Alabama]] |date=June 2002 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227124216/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a420681.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Civilian Putsch of 2018: Debunking The Myth of a Civil-Military Leadership Rift'', a research report for the School of Advanced Air Power Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, April 2001<ref>{{cite report |last=Mastriano |first=Douglas V. |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA407262&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729143352/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA407262&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |title=The Civilian Putsch of 2018: Debunking The Myth of a Civil-Military Leadership Rift |publisher=[[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]], [[Maxwell Air Force Base]], [[Montgomery, Alabama]] |date=April 2001 |access-date=March 30, 2018 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Mastriano Family.jpg|thumb|upright|240px|Mastriano with his wife Rebbie and son Josiah in 2018]]

Mastriano grew up in [[Mercer County, New Jersey]] and voted in New Jersey until 2010.<ref name="NJ">{{cite news |last1=Wildstein |first1=David |title=Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee was registered to vote in N.J. until 2021|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/national/pennsylvania-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-was-registered-to-vote-in-n-j-until-2021/ |access-date=September 16, 2022 |work=New Jersey Globe|date=September 16, 2022}}</ref> In 2012, he moved to Pennsylvania. Mastriano's mother Janice was a member of the [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]] Regional Board of Education for three terms.<ref name="NJ" /> She faced calls for her resignation in 2000 after saying in an interview "I wouldn't want a known homosexual camping with my boys, because you know most of them are pedophiles too."<ref name="NJ" />

Mastriano and his wife, Rebecca, have one child.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://senatormastriano.com/biography/|title=Senator Doug Mastriano|year= 2022|publisher=Senate of Pennsylvania|access-date= May 17, 2022|quote=Doug is married to Rebecca (Stewart). […] Their son Josiah is a graduate of Liberty University, and an Eagle Scout, Canadian Chief Scout and recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.}}</ref> Both he and his son Josiah appeared in the 2019 film ''Operation Resist'', a film ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described as [[historical revisionism#Negationism and denial|historically revisionist]] for its presentation of [[Evangelical Christians]] as a persecuted minority in [[Nazi Germany]] alongside [[Jews]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Griswold |first1=Eliza |title=How Election Subversion Went Mainstream in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/07/how-election-subversion-went-mainstream-in-pennsylvania |access-date=November 2, 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker  |date=October 31, 2022}}</ref> The film has also been criticized by scholars for its [[Holocaust denial|distortions of the Holocaust]], and for equating abortion and gun-control with [[Nazism]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kampeas |first1=Ron |title=GOP nominee had role in Holocaust film that likened abortion, gun control to Nazism |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/gop-nominee-had-role-in-holocaust-film-that-likened-abortion-gun-control-to-nazism/ |access-date=November 3, 2022 |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=November 3, 2020}}</ref> Josiah played the role of the Nazi Fritz and Mastriano played the role of American Captain Peter Ortiz.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/02/doug-mastriano-holocaust-film-agenda/ |title=How Doug Mastriano ended up in a Holocaust film that troubles scholars |date=November 2, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first1=Beth |last1=Reinhard |first2=Colby |last2=Itkowitz |first3=Rosalind S. |last3=Helderman |access-date=November 2, 2022 }}</ref>

He worships at a [[Mennonite]] church, likely a [[Conservative Mennonite|Conservative Mennonite Conference]] church.<ref name="InquirerNationalist" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://anabaptistworld.org/pa-governor-nominee-linked-to-cmc-church-right-wing-politics/ | title=Pa. Governor nominee linked to CMC church, right-wing politics | date=June 6, 2022 }}</ref> Mastriano has attended events of the [[New Apostolic Reformation]], a movement advocating the restoration of the offices of so-called "prophets and apostles".<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2011/08/24/139781021/the-evangelicals-engaged-in-spiritual-warfare The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare], ''[[National Public Radio]]'', Rachel Tabachnick, August 19, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2022.</ref><ref name="NewYorker" /> 
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==Electoral history==
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|candidate = [[John Eichelberger]]
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|candidate = [[Stephen Bloom (politician)|Steve Bloom]]
|votes = 12,195
|percentage = 18.3
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|candidate = Doug Mastriano
|votes = 10,485
|percentage = 15.7
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|candidate = Art Halvorson
|votes = 10,161
|percentage = 15.2
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|candidate = Travis Schooley
|votes = 3,030
|percentage = 4.5
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|candidate = Bernie Washabaugh
|votes = 1,908
|percentage = 2.9
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|candidate = Ben Hornberger
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 1.8
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}}
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{{Election box begin no change | title = 2019 Pennsylvania Senate special election, District 33<ref>{{cite web |title=SUMMARY REPORT ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 21, 2019 |url=http://www.adamscounty.us/Dept/ElectVoteReg/Documents/Election2019/2019PrimaryResults.txt |website=[[Adams County, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=September 24, 2022 |date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028115614/http://www.adamscounty.us/Dept/ElectVoteReg/Documents/Election2019/2019PrimaryResults.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official Summary Report.pdf |url=https://records.ccpa.net/Weblink_Public/9/edoc/1202903/Official%20Summary%20Report.pdf |website=[[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=September 24, 2022 |page=24 |date=May 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUMMARY REPORT FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA OFFICIAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION |url=https://lfweb.franklincountypa.gov/WebLink8Public/DocView.aspx?id=7795117&dbid=0&repo=FranklinCounty8 |website=[[Franklin County, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=September 24, 2022 |page=16 |date=May 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Spring Municipal Primary 2019 May 21, 2019 Summary Report York County Official Results |url=https://yorkcountypa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3366/2019primarycountyrecap?bidId= |website=[[York County, Pennsylvania]] |access-date=September 24, 2022 |page=1 |date=May 31, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Doug Mastriano
|votes = 20,595
|percentage = 68.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Sarah E. Hammond
|votes = 9,490
|percentage = 31.47
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=73|percentage=0.24}}
{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 30,158
  |percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (US)}}{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=[[2020 Pennsylvania Senate election]], [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 33|District 33]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary Results Report 2020 GENERAL ELECTION November 3, 2020 Cumberland County |url=https://records.ccpa.net/weblink_public/9/edoc/1353175/Summary%20Results%20with%20Write%20Ins.pdf |website=Cumberland County, Pennsylvania |access-date=7 March 2023 |page=22 |date=November 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Summary Results Report Franklin County November 3, 2020 OFFICIAL RESULTS |url=https://lfweb.franklincountypa.gov/WebLink8Public/DocView.aspx?id=9383120&dbid=0&repo=FranklinCounty8 |website=Franklin County, Pennsylvania |access-date=7 March 2023 |page=6 |date=November 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election Summary Report York County Summary for: All Contests, All Precincts, All Tabulators, All Counting GroupsOFFICIAL RESULTS November 03, 2020 General Election |url=https://yorkcountypa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3368/2020_General_Official_Countywide?bidId= |website=York County, Pennsylvania |access-date=7 March 2023 |page=15 |date=February 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election Summary Results Report GENERAL ELECTION November 3, 2020 OFFICIAL RESULTS ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA |url=https://www.adamscountypa.gov/getmedia/608d3d19-d4ce-4614-80ec-70c25da4d75c/2020AdamsCountyElectionSummary-ElectionDayMail-InProvisionalAndMilitaryOverseas.pdf |website=Adams County, Pennsylvania |access-date=7 March 2023 |page=4 |date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (US)
|candidate=Doug Mastriano
|votes=96,029
|percentage=68.64
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (US)
|candidate=Rich Sterner
|votes=43,867
|percentage=31.36
}}{{Election box total no change|votes=139,896|percentage=100.00}}{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (US)}}{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title=[[2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election]], Republican Primary<ref name="NYT Gov primary">{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2022 |title=2022 Pennsylvania Governor Primary Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/17/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-governor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doug Mastriano
  |votes      = 590,703
  |percentage = 43.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Lou Barletta]]
  |votes      = 272,884
  |percentage = 20.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[William McSwain]]
  |votes      = 212,536
  |percentage = 15.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dave White
  |votes      = 128,885
  |percentage = 9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Melissa Hart (politician)|Melissa Hart]]{{efn|name=Withdrew|Withdrew, remained on ballot}}
  |votes      = 54,307
  |percentage = 4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Joe Gale
  |votes      = 27,756
  |percentage = 2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Jake Corman]]{{efn|name=Withdrew}}
  |votes      = 25,903
  |percentage = 1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = [[Charlie Gerow]]
  |votes      = 17,829
  |percentage = 1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Nche Zama
  |votes      = 16,111
  |percentage = 1.2
}}
{{Election box total no change
  |votes      = 1,346,914
  |percentage = 100.0
}}
{{end}}{{Election box begin|title=[[2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 General Election Official Returns - Governor |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=3&ElectionID=94&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0|website=Pennsylvania Department of State}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate={{ubl|[[Josh Shapiro]]|[[Austin Davis (politician)|Austin Davis]]}}|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=3,031,137|percentage=56.49%|change=-1.28%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate={{ubl|Doug Mastriano|[[Carrie DelRosso]]}}|votes=2,238,477|percentage=41.71%|change=+1.01%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate={{ubl|Matt Hackenburg|Tim McMaster}}|votes=51,611|percentage=0.96%|change=-0.02%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate={{ubl|Christina DiGiulio|Michael Bagdes-Canning}}|votes=24,436|percentage=0.46%|change=-0.09%}}
{{Election box candidate|candidate={{ubl|Joe Soloski|Nicole Shultz}}|party=[[Keystone Party of Pennsylvania|Keystone]]|color=#501B68<!--Purple from the logo at www.keystone.party-->|votes=20,518|percentage=0.38%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box total|votes=5,366,179|percentage=100.0%|change=N/A}}{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=60.53%|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=8,864,831}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{URL|doug4gov.com|Gubernatorial campaign website}}
*{{URL|fight4pa.com|Senatorial campaign website}}
*{{URL|1=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/Senate_bio.cfm?id=1869|2=Legislative profile}}
*[https://kentuckypress.wordpress.com/tag/douglas-v-mastriano/ The Controversy Surrounding Sergeant York: Uncovering the WWI Iconic Hero's Background], posted by the [[University Press of Kentucky]] to the [[WordPress.com]] blog site, June 11, 2014
*{{cite web |last=Mastriano |first=Doug |url=http://www.ocfusa.org/articles/leadership-q/#.VUFC-LEo7cs |title=Leadership Q&A |website=[[Officers' Christian Fellowship]] |date=August 2010 |access-date=May 2, 2020}}
*{{C-SPAN|97285}}
* [https://www.c-span.org/video/?451973-2/alvin-york-world-war-battle-location WWI Scholar Brad Posey details flaws in Mastriano's York Location findings on C-SPAN Interview]

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