Scott Wagner win sets up York County showdown for governor
State Sen. Scott Wagner, right with his wife Tracy after wins the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor. (Photo: Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record)
Republican Scott Wagner will try to unseat incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf for governor. And another York County man, John Fetterman, will be on the ballot for lieutenant governor.
(York) — Scott Wagner, who quickly ascended to power after defying the establishment and running a successful write-in campaign for the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2014, on Tuesday secured the Republican nomination for governor, setting up an Election Day matchup between him and a fellow millionaire and York countian: Gov. Tom Wolf.
At 11:35 p.m., with 8,684 out of 9,162 districts reporting, Wagner, 62, of Spring Garden Township, received 289,479 votes — or 45.57 percent. Meanwhile, Paul Mango, a retired heath care systems consultant, got 229,336 votes (36.10 percent). Laura Ellsworth, an attorney, gathered 116,442 votes (18.33 percent), according to unofficial election results from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The Associated Press called the race at 9:59 p.m.
PENNSYLVANIA
97.7 % Precincts Reporting
| PARTY | NAME | VOTES | VOTE % | |
| GOP |
WAGNER, SCOTT
 |
323,098
|
44.30 %
|
|
| GOP |
Mango, Paul
|
269,130
|
36.90 %
|
|
| GOP |
Ellsworth, Laura
|
137,074
|
18.80 %
|
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