Robert P. Casey Sr. capped off his political career by being elected governor of Pennsylvania in 1986. He was reelected in 1990 and served from early 1987 to 1995.
Casey’s road to the statehouse, however, was a rocky one. He lost three elections for governor prior to his 1986 victory! In each of his unsuccessful campaigns – in 1966, 1970 and 1978 – he was defeated in the Democratic primary.
But, as we noted last week, this story is about a political scandal that is not related to the story of Governor Casey or of that of his son, Robert Jr.
After his gubernatorial defeat in 1966, Casey Sr. dec...
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