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MANCHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Scott Wagner of York County has announced he’ll seek the GOP nomination for governor.

The 62-year-old maverick lawmaker has millions of his own dollars to spend on his campaign. He’s built two municipal waste-hauling companies, and currently owns Penn Waste, which has contracts with dozens of south-central Pennsylvania municipalities.

Wagner told a news conference Wednesday in Manchester that as a businessman who’s been involved in all levels of operations, he can make government more efficient. He says “take it to the bank” he can win the GOP nomination and unseat first-term Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf in 2018.

The senator has accused fellow Republicans in Harrisburg of not being conservative enough.

He’s been in office since 2014, when he won a write-in bid over the GOP’s hand-picked candidate.