Oz, McCormick neck-and-neck as vote tally continues in Pa. Senate primary
over McCormick, who sought Trump’s support and was backed by many Trump allies. With 95 percent of votes counted, Oz was at 31.3 percent and McCormick was at 31.1 percent.
The winner will take on Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination. Fetterman is recovering from a recent stroke that kept him off the campaign trail in the primary’s final days. He hopes to get back out on the trail in a few days, his wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, said Wednesday morning on CNN.The race is seen as a crucial front in the battle for the Senate majority. The Pennsylvania seat is held by a Republican, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, who is retiring.
The contentious race between Oz and McCormick left an opening for a third candidate, Kathy Barnette, to grain traction in the final weeks of the campaign among voters who were underwhelmed by their top-tier choices. Barnette, who competed for Trump supporters with a far-right platform that embraced many of the former president’s ideas, including his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, was on pace to finish a distant third.
“Democrats are united around John, who is a strong nominee, will run a tough race and can win in November,” Biden said in a statement 90 minutes after the polls closed. “And while we await the results of the GOP primary, one thing is clear — these candidates are not your father’s GOP. They have fought a malicious, chaotic primary to be the most extreme. … Whoever emerges will be too dangerous, too craven, and too extreme to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
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