Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te tau 1978, i wikitoria ia i te pooti tuatahi a te Republican mo te kawana tuarua, ana i muri mai i taua tau ka riro ia hei tangata taiohi rawa i pootihia hei kawana tuarua i Pennsylvania. Ko tana tūranga takirua hei tumuaki o te Kaunihera Hiko a te Kawana, me te tumuaki o te Kaunihera Whakahaere Raru o Pennsylvania i waiho ia hei pokapū o te raru o Three Mile Island
i te tau 1979. Hei kaitiaki kawana, i utua e Scranton a Nat Goldhaber, he mema o te nekehanga Whakaaro Whakaaro, hei kaiawhina matua ki Harrisburg. I te tau 1982, i pootihia ia hei Tiamana o te Huihuinga a-Motu o nga Kawana.