List of candidates vying for Pennsylvania governor could grow with Corman announcement
Senator Jake Corman, left, and Gov. Tom Wolf wave goodbye to students while touring the building Wingate Elementary School in the Bald Eagle Area School District, Monday, March 9, 2015 in Wingate, Pa. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times/Tribune News Se
HARRISBURG - Jake Corman, the ranking Republican in Pennsylvania's state Senate who is widely expected to run for governor, has begun inviting donors and others to an announcement next Thursday night.
The event is billed as a "special announcement" in Corman's hometown of Bellefonte.
Corman's entry into the race would swell an already big field of Republicans running for governor, double-digits deep and growing as the party searches for a nominee to succeed outgoing Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat.
Corman, who represents a swath of central Pennsylvania surrounding Penn State's main campus, is the Senate's president pro tempore and has served in the Senate since 1999 after taking over the seat his father held.
- Gov. Wolf describes having wife drop off ballot as honest mistake
- Shapiro breaks with Wolf over strategy on climate change
- Growing GOP governor's field in Pennsylvania puts nomination 'up for grabs'
He has served in GOP leadership since 2009. Corman has said he would discuss his political plans after last Tuesday's election, but has not returned a telephone message about it.
Wolf is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. On the Democratic side, two-term state Attorney General Josh Shapiro has announced that he will seek the party's nomination and his candidacy has thus far cleared the field of rivals.
The Republican field includes Lou Barletta, a former Hazleton mayor and four-term member of Congress who was the Republican nominee in his 2018 loss to Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.
___
DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS APP | FOX 29 WEATHER AUTHORITY APP
SUBSCRIBE: Good Day Digest Newsletter | FOX 29 Philly on YouTube