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Pennsylvania Republicans tried to stop Doug Mastriano. But first they followed him.

Mastriano didn’t stage a hostile takeover of the Pennsylvania GOP so much as the party — lawmakers, activists, and candidates — followed his lead.

Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano celebrates his victory in the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday in Chambersburg.
Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano celebrates his victory in the Republican primary for governor on Tuesday in Chambersburg.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer
    by Andrew Seidman
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