HARRISBURG, Pa. — Leading candidates for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open governor’s office will meet for their first statewide live-televised prime-time debate as they seek an edge in a nine-person field.
The candidates are former Congressman Lou Barletta, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, lawyer Bill McSwain and plumbing and HVAC firm owner Dave White.
They are to appear Monday at 8 p.m. in the studio of WHTM-TV in Harrisburg for the one-hour debate.
The four met the polling threshold set by the station’s parent company.
Democrat Josh Shapiro doesn’t face a challenger for the party’s nomination.
The primary election is May 17.
The debate is to be televised in Pennsylvania’s six media markets.
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