FILE – Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. Election deniers who backed Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election failed in some of their highest-profile races. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

(Harrisburg, Pa.) Doug Mastriano released a statement last night officially conceding to Josh Shapiro in the race for Pennsylvania governor.
Mastriano said in a release that as “Difficult to accept as the results are, there is no right course but to concede, which I do, and I look to the challenges ahead. Josh Shapiro will be our next Governor, and I ask everyone to give him an opportunity to lead and pray that he leads well.”
Mastriano conceded five days after Josh Shapiro’s victory was announced.