Pennsylvania’s Democratic State Committee is staying neutral in the nomination contest for state treasurer.

John Cordisco, a Bucks County lawyer and former state legislator, and Montgomery County businessman Rob McCord competed for the committee’s endorsement at a Lancaster hotel Saturday.

McCord, a political newcomer with a fiery speaking style, got 191 votes and Cordisco got 123 votes, both short of the 212 votes that constituted the required two-thirds majority.

The state committee did endorse state Auditor General Jack Wagner, a former state legislator from Pittsburgh who is unopposed in the primary in his bid for a second term, and Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, who is unopposed for nomination for attorney general.