The race to fill the seat of retired Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Tommy has been dominated by a vast primary field—with a particular focus on GOP candidates.
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But on Sunday, the focus was on Democrats as Fetterman announced he was recovering from a stroke. The 52-year-old said that he had gone to the hospital on Friday after not feeling well and would be there under observation for some time. “Our campaign is not slowing down a bit, and we are still on track to win this primary on Tuesday,” he vowed to move on despite the health setbacks.
Fetterman has led elections and fundraising in a four-person field that includes US Representative Conor Lamb and State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta.
For Republicans, the race looked like a two-person contest between celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz, best known as the host of Daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show” and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick. Is.
But several major conservative groups have joined the race’s final days, endorsing lesser-known conservative activist Kathy Barnett as an alternative. A recent Fox News poll shows she is trailing behind Oz and McCormick.
In the race for governor, some Republicans are raising their hands on the possibility that a far-right candidate, State Sen. Doug Mastriano, could emerge as the winner in a crowded field. They fear Maastriano, who has fueled the lies of Trump’s widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election, is unremarkable in November and is likely to miss the opportunity to replace Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, who has been barred from running again by term limit laws. is stopped.
On the Democratic side, the state’s two-term attorney general, Josh Shapiro, is unchanged in his gubernatorial bid.
