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One of the worst candidates from '22 is eager to torch the GOP's chances in a key race once again [1]

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Date: 2023-03-07  

Democrats, of course, would like it just fine if the state senator is divinely inspired to try again. Mastriano, though, is far from the only far-right loser from 2022 who could wage another bid for statewide office. Indeed, at least five GOP candidates who ran failed midterm campaigns have come up as potential '24 contenders:

The rolling disaster may even extend to the House level: Ohio Republican J.R. Majewski is mulling another try against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

But Mastriano, whose many sins include paying the white supremacist social network Gab $5,000 for “campaign consulting,” still stands out in this sordid crowd. Most of his fellow Republicans gave up on him long before Election Day, with one would-be ally saying, “I've not seen anything that is even a semblance of a campaign.”

Mastriano unsurprisingly sees things very differently. He referenced the total number of votes he earned last year when he told Otterbein, “What do you do with a movement of 2.2 million? We’re keeping it alive.” (Shapiro secured over 3 million votes.) He added, “We’ve seen people in the past, other Republican gubernatorial candidates, they rise and they disappear when they lose. Why?” He answered, “You have people that love you and support you,” a group we’re positive does not include the Republicans who are actually trying to flip the Senate.

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