Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1978, ya lashe zaben farko na Republican don mataimakin gwamnan kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar ya zama mutum mafi ƙanƙanta da aka zaba mataimakin gwamnan a Pennsylvania. Matsayinsa na biyu a matsayin shugaban kwamitin kula da makamashi na Gwamna da kuma shugaban kwamitin kula da gaggawa na Pennsylvania ya sanya shi a tsakiyar rikicin Three Mile Island
a shekarar 1979. A matsayinsa na mataimakin gwamnan, Scranton ya dauki Nat Goldhaber, dan kungiyar Transcendental Meditation, a matsayin babban hadiminsa a Harrisburg. A shekarar 1982, an zabe shi baki daya a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Wakilan Gwamnonin Kasa.