Doug Mastriano

Doug Mastriano is a combat veteran and current state senator seeking to be the next governor of Pennsylvania. According to his official biography, Mastriano was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1986 and served on the Iron Curtain with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany. He witnessed the end of the Cold War and thereafter deployed to Iraq for Operation Desert Storm (1991) to liberate Kuwait.

After 9/11, Mastriano was the lead planner for the operation to invade Iraq via Turkey. He served four years with NATO and deployed three times to Afghanistan. Mastriano was the director of NATO’s Joint Intelligence Center in Afghanistan, leading 80 people from 18 nations.

He holds a doctorate in history and has four master’s degrees: Strategy, Strategic Intelligence, Military Operations, and Airpower. He led the search to locate where America’s greatest WW I hero, Alvin York, received the Medal of Honor and led the construction of a 3-mile trail, with two monuments and nine markers in the Argonne Forest of France.

Mastriano retired from the U.S. Army in 2017 as a colonel after 30 years of active.

Mastriano is married to Rebecca (Stewart), whose ancestors settled in Pennsylvania in 1732.

Mastriano was elected to serve as the Senator for Pennsylvania’s 33rd District in May 2019, which includes all of Adams County, most of Franklin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties. Mastriano has 30 years of experience building teams to get the job done. He has dedicated his life to fighting for freedom, defending our families and serving the people of this great land.