At one point during the crisis, Scranton visited the plant's auxiliary building, where he donned protective clothing and walked through corridors flooded with radioactive water.

As lieutenant governor, Scranton hired Nat Goldhaber, a member of the Transcendental Meditation movement, as his top aide in Harrisburg.

In January 2006 Scranton fired his third campaign manager, Jim Seif, after Seif criticized Scranton's African American opponent, Lynn Swann, during a television interview saying, "the rich white guy in this campaign is Lynn Swann.

[6] After losing the 1986 election, Scranton exited politics and managed some California companies and start-up firms.

In 1992, Scranton donated $1,000 to the campaign of his friend John Hagelin, the Pittsburgh-born presidential candidate for the Transcendental Meditation-backed Natural Law Party.

In May 2007, Scranton joined the board of directors for the Commonwealth Foundation, a Harrisburg public policy research center.

[8] Scranton was a potential candidate in the 2010 gubernatorial election, but, in August 2009, effectively ended speculation he would enter the race by endorsing 6th district Congressman Jim Gerlach for governor.