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After primary, Mastriano rejoins closed Senate GOP meetings

By Associated Press

Doug Mastriano FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. With Pennsylvania's wide-open races for governor and U.S. Senate taking shape, Republican candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations, a powerful sign of the former president's enduring popularity in the GOP. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) (Julio Cortez/AP)

By Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Fallout from last week’s primary election in Pennsylvania is playing out in the General Assembly.

Two central Pennsylvania Republican House members are being punished for working to unseat fellow incumbents.

In the Senate, Republican gubernatorial nominee Sen. Doug Mastriano is being allowed back inside the Republican caucus’ closed-door meetings.

He’d been kicked out last year after leaders concluded he had shared information that was supposed to be confidential.

In the House, Republican leaders stripped state Rep. Mike Jones of several committee assignments after his primary campaign work in York County helped defeat two senior incumbents.

Republican Rep. Dave Zimmerman also lost committee spots over similar efforts in Lancaster County.

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