Pennsylvania GOP governor nominee concedes Trump lost 2020 election, after getting his endorsement
Stacy Garrity, Donald Trump’s handpicked GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor, said in a news interview posted Sunday that Trump lost the 2020 election, despite previously claiming he won to secure his endorsement.
In an interview with local TV news host Dennis Owens for his weekly “This Week in Pennsylvania” show, Garrity said there were “irregularities” in the 2020 election, but she also suggested she was ready to put the matter behind her.
Asked if she conceded he lost that election, Garrity said, “Yeah.”
“I mean, I won, and that’s what I’m most concerned about,” Garrity said. “We know there were irregularities. We know there were. I just can’t tell you to what extent. But the president seems very convinced that there was a lot there, and it seems like more information comes out all the time. But I’d rather look forward.”
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The interview was posted Sunday, just days after Trump posted a video on Truth Social with Garrity, where he reiterated his support for her in the gubernatorial race. Trump first endorsed her in January, an endorsement she previously said she earned by claiming “we know that he won.”
It was my Great Honor to welcome Highly Respected and very popular Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Stacy Garrity, into the Oval Office. Stacy is running to be the next Governor of the GREAT Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She has my Complete and Total Endorsement. She will do a… pic.twitter.com/1vROsLLTlM
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) August 4, 2026
As early as November 2020, Garrity was part of a Trump campaign-led effort to discredit more than 2,200 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania as Trump worked to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. On Jan. 5, 2021, Garrity spoke at a rally in Harrisburg, where she denounced the outcome of the election, saying it “had been tarnished by unelected bureaucrats who ignored the election law as written.”
In her interview with Owens, Garrity said that as governor, she would be more cooperative with the Trump administration regarding the transfer of the state’s voter rolls. Pennsylvania is one of several states that has refused to comply with U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) demands for sensitive voter records.
The DOJ lost its court battle against Pennsylvania to force the state to hand the records over, but it has appealed the decision in its crusade to substantiate Trump’s false claims of voter fraud.
“Well, if we think there’s not voter fraud, then why don’t we hand over the rolls and prove him wrong,” Garrity told Owens.
When Owens said, “it seems odd talking about an election from six years ago,” Garrity agreed and repeated, “I think we should look forward.”