(File Photo of Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) Doug Mastriano has been nominated to serve as the United States ambassador to Slovakia. 

Mastriano, a Republican state senator representing Adams and Franklin counties, was among more than a dozen nominations sent to the U.S. Senate on Monday by President Donald Trump. 

Mastriano’s nomination to serve as ambassador to Slovakia will require confirmation by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Mastriano ran for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022 and lost to Josh Shapiro, who received 56% of the vote.

Ahead of this year’s gubernatorial election, Mastriano weighed another run for governor, and ultimately decided not to run against Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who is challenging Shapiro’s reelection bid.