Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano Not Running for US Senate

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has announced he is not running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr.

He made the announcement Thursday evening with his wife, Rebecca “Rebbie” Mastriano, in a Facebook Live post. In a bid for Pennsylvania’s governor seat last year, Rebbie Mastriano campaigned alongside her husband and is well known to supporters.

Mastriano was considered a likely Republican candidate.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Mastriano and held a rally in Pennsylvania days before the election for governor.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also visited Pennsylvania in 2022 in support of Mastriano’s campaign.

Mastriano said on the Facebook Live post that he considered where he could be most effective and decided it would be in his current state senate position.

“At this moment, the way things currently are, I am not running for the U.S. Senate seat that is going to be hopefully vacated by Casey. We need to beat him,” Mastriano said.