Matt Hackenburg
Matt Hackenburg (Libertarian Party) (formerly Jonathan) ran for election for Governor of Pennsylvania. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Hackenburg completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matt Hackenburg's career experience includes working as a computer engineer in the aerospace industry. Hackenburg is a former member of the Army National Guard.[1]
2022 battleground election
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) defeated state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) and three others in the general election for governor of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Tom Wolf (D) was term-limited.
Shapiro was elected as attorney general in 2016. He was the Montgomery County commissioner from 2011 to 2017 and served in the state House from 2005 to 2011. Shapiro's campaign focused on two key messages: his record as attorney general and his potential ability as governor to veto legislation the legislature's Republican majority passes. He said his experience in the criminal justice system and on cases related to LGBTQ issues, workers' issues, and election security were things he would continue to pursue as governor. Shapiro's campaign website said that he would veto certain legislation related to abortion and absentee/mail-in voting.[2]
Mastriano was elected as a state senator from the Cumberland Valley in 2018. He served in the United States Army from 1988 to 2017. Mastriano proposed a number of election policy changes, including eliminating no excuse absentee/mail-in voting and drop boxes, enacting universal voter identification, and prohibiting the use of private donations or grants for election administration. Following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mastriano called on the Legislature to pass a bill banning abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat.[3] Mastriano said he would rescind any remaining mask and vaccine mandates related to the coronavirus pandemic on his first day in office and work to pass a law banning similar future mandates.[4]
How the state conducted elections was one focus of each candidate's campaign. As of November 2022, the governor of Pennsylvania appointed a secretary of state charged with certifying election results, determining which voting machines the state uses, and ordering recounts and recanvasses of elections.[5] Shapiro said, "[I will] appoint a pro-democracy Secretary of State to run our elections, expand pre-registration opportunities for young people, and implement same-day voter registration through Election Day."[6] Mastriano's website said he would "Appoint a Secretary of State with experience in securing elections from fraud."[4]
Heading into the election, Pennsylvania had a divided government, with a Democratic governor and Republican majorities in both legislative chambers. Shapiro's win preserved this divided government, while a Mastriano win would have left open the possibility of a Republican trifecta. A trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governorship and a majority in both legislative chambers. Across the country, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments at the time of the election.
Minor party, independent, and write-in candidates included Christina Digiulio (G), Joseph Soloski (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania), and Matt Hackenburg (L).
Each candidate had a running mate for lieutenant governor. Shapiro's running mate was state Rep. Austin Davis, and Mastriano's running mate was state Rep. Carrie DelRosso. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) ran for U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election.
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Pennsylvania
Josh Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano, Matt Hackenburg, Christina Digiulio, and Joseph Soloski in the general election for Governor of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Josh Shapiro (D) | 56.5 | 3,031,137 | |
![]() | Doug Mastriano (R) | 41.7 | 2,238,477 | |
![]() | Matt Hackenburg (L) ![]() | 1.0 | 51,611 | |
![]() | Christina Digiulio (G) ![]() | 0.5 | 24,436 | |
![]() | Joseph Soloski (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania) ![]() | 0.4 | 20,518 |
Total votes: 5,366,179 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eddie Wenrich (Independent)
- Christina Olson (Green Party of Pennsylvania)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania
Josh Shapiro advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Josh Shapiro | 100.0 | 1,227,151 |
Total votes: 1,227,151 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tega Swann (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Doug Mastriano | 43.8 | 591,240 |
Lou Barletta | 20.3 | 273,252 | ||
![]() | Bill McSwain | 15.8 | 212,886 | |
![]() | David White | 9.6 | 129,058 | |
![]() | Melissa Hart | 4.1 | 54,752 | |
Joe Gale | 2.1 | 27,920 | ||
Jake Corman III (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.9 | 26,091 | ||
Charlie Gerow | 1.3 | 17,922 | ||
Nche Zama | 1.2 | 16,238 |
Total votes: 1,349,359 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Monn (R)
- Guy Ciarrocchi (R)
- Scott Martin (R)
- Jason Richey (R)
- John Ventre (R)
Polls
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Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2022: General election polls | |||||||
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[9] | Sponsor[10] |
Research Co. | November 4-6, 2022 | 51% | 43% | — | ± 4.6 | 450 LV | K.A. |
InsiderAdvantage | November 3, 2022 | 51% | 43% | 8%[11] | ± 3.6 | 750 LV | FOX 29 |
Remington Research Group | November 1-2, 2022 | 52% | 40% | 7%[12] | ± 2.8 | 1,180 LV | K.A. |
Marist | October 31-2, 2022 | 54% | 40% | — | ± 3.8 | 1,152 LV | K.A. |
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research | October 26-30, 2022 | 53% | 37% | 10%[13] | ± 3.0 | 1,005 RV | Fox News |
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[14] | Sponsor[15] |
Suffolk University | October 27-30, 2022 | 54% | 40% | — | ± 4.4 | 500 LV | USA Today |
co/efficient | October 26-28, 2022 | 51% | 41% | 8%[16] | ± 3.4 | 1,716 LV | K.A. |
Muhlenberg College | October 24-28, 2022 | 54% | 40% | 6%[17] | ± 6.0 | 460 LV | The Morning Call |
Wick Insights | October 26-27, 2022 | 49% | 43% | 8%[18] | ± 3.2 | 1,000 LV | K.A. |
Insider Advantage | October 26, 2022 | 50% | 42% | 8%[19] | ± 3.6 | 750 LV | K.A. |
YouGov | October 21-24, 2022 | 54% | 45% | — | ± 4.4 | 1,084 LV | CBS News |
Siena College | October 24-26, 2022 | 53% | 40% | 7% | ± 4.4 | 620 LV | The New York Times |
Franklin & Marshall College | October 14-23, 2022 | 58% | 36% | — | ± 6.8 | 384 LV | K.A. |
Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research | October 19-20, 2022 | 43% | 40% | 16%[20] | ± 3.0 | 972 LV | K.A. |
Echelon Insights | October 18-20, 2022 | 50% | 38% | 3%[21] | ± 4.8 | 500 LV | K.A. |
InsiderAdvantage | October 19, 2022 | 49% | 42% | 9%[22] | ± 4.2 | 550 LV | WTXF-TV |
SSRS | October 13-17, 2022 | 56% | 41% | — | ± 4.1 | 901 RV | CNN |
Wick Insights | October 8-14, 2022 | 49% | 46% | 5%[23] | ± 3.1 | 1,013 LV | K.A. |
Fabrizio/Impact Research | October 4-12, 2022 | 53% | 42% | — | ± 4.4 | 1,400 LV | AARP |
Trafalgar Group | October 8-11, 2022 | 53% | 44% | 8%[24] | ± 2.9 | 1,078 LV | The Daily Wire |
Monmouth University | September 29-October 3, 2022 | 54% | 38% | — | ± 4.8 | 610 RV | K.A. |
Suffolk University | September 27-30, 2022 | 48% | 37% | — | ± 4.4 | 500 LV | USA Today |
Emerson College | September 23-26, 2022 | 51% | 41% | 9%[25] | ± 3.0 | 1,000 LV | K.A. |
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research | September 22-26, 2022 | 51% | 40% | 10%[26] | ± 3.0 | 1,008 RV | Fox News |
Franklin & Marshall | September 19-25, 2022 | 51% | 37% | 12%[27] | ± 5.6 | 517 RV | K.A. |
InsiderAdvantage | September 23-24, 2022 | 52% | 37% | 11%[28] | ± 4.2 | 550 LV | WTXF-TV |
Marist College | September 19-22, 2022 | 53% | 40% | 6% | ± 3.5 | 1,242 RV | K.A. |
Phillips Academy | September 19-22, 2022 | 46% | 43% | 12% | ± 3.6 | 759 RV | Abbot Academy Fund |
Muhlenberg College | September 13-16, 2022 | 53% | 42% | 4%[29] | ± 6.0 | 420 LV | The Morning Call |
Trafalgar Group | September 13-15, 2022 | 47% | 45% | 8%[30] | ± 2.9 | 1,078 LV | K.A. |
YouGov | September 6-12, 2022 | 55% | 44% | 1% | ± 3.8 | 1,194 LV | CBS News |
Echelon Insights | August 31-September 7, 2022 | 55% | 36% | 8% | ± 4.1 | 828 RV | NetChoice |
RABA Research | August 31-September 3, 2022 | 47% | 41% | 13%[31] | ± 3.8 | 679 LV | K.A. |
Emerson College | August 22-23, 2022 | 47% | 44% | 9%[32] | ± 3.0 | 1,034 LV | K.A. |
Franklin & Marshall | August 15-21, 2022 | 44% | 33% | 24%[33] | ± 5.3 | 522 RV | K.A. |
Trafalgar Group | August 15-18, 2022 | 49% | 45% | 7%[34] | ± 2.9 | 1,096 LV | K.A. |
Public Opinion Strategies | August 7-10, 2022 | 50% | 35% | 15% | ± 4.0 | 600 RV | Pittsburgh Works Together |
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research | July 22-26, 2022 | 50% | 40% | — | ± 3.0 | 908 LV | Fox News |
Blueprint Polling | July 19-21, 2022 | 51% | 39% | — | ± 3.7 | 712 LV | K.A. |
Cignal | June 17-19, 2022 | 48% | 45% | 7%[35] | ± 4.2 | 535 LV | K.A. |
Fabrizio/Impact Research | June 12-19, 2022 | 49% | 46% | — | ± 4.4 | 1,382 LV | AARP |
Suffolk University | June 10-13, 2022 | 44% | 40% | — | ± 4.4 | 500 LV | USA Today |
The chart below shows RealClearPolitics polling averages in this race over time.
Campaign finance
General election
Republican primary
Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[36][37][38]
If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.
The Pennsylvania Secretary of State provides a list of all independent expenditure filings in the state. To view filings for this race, click here.
Spending news
- October 4, 2022: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Everytown for Gun Safety launched a $2.1 million ad campaign opposing Mastriano and U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R).[39]
- September 30, 2022: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Commonwealth Leaders Fund suspended its ads opposing Shapiro with $3.2 million remaining on its reservation.[40]
- August 31, 2022: Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania Victory Fund and Natural Resource Defense Council Action Votes jointly purchased a $500,000 ad buy opposing Mastriano.[41]
Endorsements
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This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please email us.
Noteworthy endorsements | ||
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Government officials | ||
President Joe Biden (D) source | ✔ | |
Vice President Kamala D. Harris (D) source | ✔ | |
Gov. Tom Wolf (D) source | ✔ | |
Individuals | ||
Frmr. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff source | ✔ | |
Frmr. state Rep. Mario Civera, Jr. source | ✔ | |
Frmr. U.S. Rep. Charles W. Dent source | ✔ | |
Frmr. U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood source | ✔ | |
Frmr. Pres. Barack Obama source | ✔ | |
Frmr. state Rep. Dennis O'Brien source | ✔ | |
Frmr. Gov. Ed Rendell source | ✔ | |
Frmr. Pres. Donald Trump source | ✔ | |
Newspapers and editorials | ||
The Philadelphia Inquirer source | ✔ | |
Organizations | ||
Boilermakers Local 154 source | ✔ | |
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association source | ✔ | |
Philadelphia Firefighters’ and Paramedics’ Union Local 22 source | ✔ | |
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police source | ✔ |
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt Hackenburg completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hackenburg's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|Matt is one of us, not a politician. He’s principled, not dishonest. He’s looking for freedom, not a career. He cares about his family, not paybacks. Matt is a veteran against war, the husband of a nurse against medical tyranny, and a neighbor against government overreach into our communities. He doesn't want to see our men and women sent overseas to die. He won't stand for our kids being muzzled and abused. And more than anything, he wants us to be the ones that decide how we live our lives. Matt lives in Northampton County with his wife, Laura, their young daughter, and their homestead of dogs, chickens, and goats. Matt is a former member of the Army National Guard and has a fifteen-year career as a computer engineer in the aerospace industry.
- We, the people of Pennsylvania, should decide what happens in Pennsylvania. What’s best for us is not necessarily what’s best for other states. Any and all laws coming from corrupt D.C. that infringe on our rights should be nullified and made unenforceable.
- Our children have suffered enough. They're forced to attend failing government schools, stripped of their creativity, indoctrinated into servanthood, and robbed of their dignity while being muzzled literally and figuratively throughout. We as parents know best how to raise our kids, and the State shouldn't come between us.
- Taxes on our income, our property, at the store, on our gas, everywhere we turn. Criminal politicians steal money from our kitchen table and waste it. Meanwhile, most Americans live paycheck to paycheck and struggle month in and month out. You know better how to spend your money than politicians hundreds of miles away. We must end the theft of taxation and restore our prosperity.
The people of Pennsylvania know what’s best for Pennsylvania and have the right to make those decisions. It’s the State’s responsibility to make sure laws and edicts from D.C. are not infringing on the rights of its citizens. That protection is one of the most important roles of a Governor, but we’ve been living without it for far too long.
The tyranny of the COVID regime was unprecedented: locking us in our homes, taking away our jobs, muzzling our kids, and doing untold damage to our friends and family. We are not free if we don’t have body autonomy. We must end medical tyranny, any and all government mandates, and return the power to make health decisions to the individual and our families.
The National Guard has been abused beyond measure. War criminals in D.C. deploy our family members unlawfully into unnecessary conflict with zero regard for their well-being. As a former guardsman, Defend the Guard policy, which will protect our Guard from being deployed without a formal declaration of war, will be a top priority.
The most important characteristic for an elected official is a perspective of service and humility. Those elected serve the people, not the other way around, and must humbly execute their duties without forgetting who they work for. Too many officials end up lusting for more control, power, and wealth. Protecting the freedoms of our citizens must be most important in the eyes of any elected official.
The most important role of a governor is to protect the citizens of the state from infringement on their rights and freedoms by any law, regulation, or action from the state or D.C.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 11, 2022
- ↑ Josh Shapiro's 2022 campaign website, "Policy," accessed August 4, 2022
- ↑ Senator Mastriano, "Mastriano Provides Statement on the Impending Overturn of Roe v. Wade," May 3, 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Doug Mastriano's 2022 campaign website, "The Plan," accessed August 4, 2022
- ↑ Casetext, "25 Pa. Stat. § 2621," accessed August 8, 2022
- ↑ Josh Shapiro's 2022 campaign website, "Voting Rights," accessed August 4, 2022
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ Reported as "Someone else/Undecided/No opinion" (4%) and "Matt Hackenburg" (2%).
- ↑ Included results for "Undecided" (4%), "Matt Hackenburg" (2%), and "Christian Digiulio" (1%).
- ↑ Included results for "Don't know" (6%), "Wouldn't vote" (2%), and "Other" (2%).
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ Reported as "Undecided" (4%) and "Someone else" (4%).
- ↑ Reported as "Not Sure" (4%) and "Neither/Other" (2%).
- ↑ Reported as "Undecided" (6%) and "Someone else" (2%).
- ↑ Reported as "Matt Hackenburg" (4%) and "Someone else/Undecided/No opinion" (4%).
- ↑ Reported as "Undecided (10%)" and "Some other candidate" (6%).
- ↑ Included results for "Digiulio" (1%), "Hackenburg" (1%), and "Soloski" (1%).
- ↑ Included results for "Undecided" (6%), "Hackenburg" (2%), and "Someone else" (1%).
- ↑ Reported as "Undecided" (3%) and "Someone else" (2%).
- ↑ Includes the results for "Undecided" (4%), "Gerhardt (L)" (3%), and "Other" (1%).
- ↑ Included results for "Someone else" (2%) and "Undecided" (7%).
- ↑ Included results for "Other" (2%), "Wouldn't vote" (3%), and "Don't know" (5%).
- ↑ Included results for "Some other candidate" (4%) and "Do not know" (8%).
- ↑ Included results for "Hackenburg" (3.4%), "Someone else" (1.1%), and "Undecided/No Opinion" (6.5%).
- ↑ Included results for "Not Sure" (3%) and "Neither/Other" (1%).
- ↑ Included results for "Hackenburg" (2.8%), "Undecided" (2.8%), and "Other" (1.5%).
- ↑ Included results for "Undecided" (9%) and "Someone else" (4%).
- ↑ Included results for "Undecided" (6%) and "Someone else" (3%).
- ↑ Included results for "Aren't sure" (19%), "Hackenburg" (2%), "DiGiulio" (1%), "Other" (1%), and "Not going to vote" (1%).
- ↑ Included results for "Undecided" (4.8%), "Hackenburg" (1.1%), and "Other" (0.8%).
- ↑ Reported as "Unsure."
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
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