Broderick entered politics as a commissioner to Plymouth Township , Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1954 . In 1966 , after Walter Alessandroni was killed in a plane crash and posthumously won the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor , party leaders selected Broderick to replace Alessandroni on the ticket with Raymond P. Shafer . The pair defeated the Democratic ticket of Milton Shapp and Leonard Staisey in the 1966 gubernatorial election . During his term , He served as a delegate to Pennsylvania ’s 1967 constitutional convention . In the 1970 gubernatorial election , Broderick ran to succeed Shafer against Shapp . This time Shapp won the governorship with 55 % of the vote to Broderick ’s 41 % . Broderick ’s campaign ran an ad in the Philadelphia Inquirer portraying Shapp as a leader of stone-throwing protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention . Shapp responded with ads challenging Broderick ’s credibility on the budget . Governor Shafer proposed a state income tax during his administration to balance the state budget . Broderick broke with his former running mate and promised a balanced budget no income tax , which Shafer seemed was not possible
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Raymond J. Broderick