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NEWTOWN, PA on Wednesday morning.
The threshold for automatic census in Pennsylvania is 0.5%. This means that depending on where the outstanding ballots end up, voters may have to wait days to find out who will face Democrat-nominated Lieutenant-Governor John Fetterman in the open race, which is crucial for control of the US Senate.
“So we will not have a result tonight. When all the votes are counted, I am convinced that we will win, “Oz told supporters of his party on election night.
Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz congratulates media after Pennsylvania primary election on May 17, 2022 in Brin Athens, Pennsylvania (Fox News)
“We will win this campaign,” McCormick said. “We currently have tens of thousands of ballots in the mail that have not been counted … unfortunately we will not have a solution tonight. But we can see the way forward, we can see victory ahead.”
Oz and McCormick survived an exchange of attacks on an attack and a late accusation by their other candidate, Katie Barnett, a conservative commentator who rose to opinion polls shortly before election day.
Feterman Tuesday took the Democratic nomination in the Senate despite a stroke last week. He defeated moderate Conor Lamb, D-Pa., In a victory for progressives in Keystone State.
Although former President Donald Trump was not on the ballot on Tuesday, his long-running grip on Republicans is on the line in opposition to the Republican Senate, after his approval and full court support over the past week and a half for Oz.
Republican Senate nominee Dave McCormick arrives to vote in the primary election in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2022 (Fox News, Madison Scarpino)
It also drew national attention to Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano, a strong supporter of Trump’s repeated attempts over the past year and a half to challenge his loss in the 2020 election, which was backed by the former president just three days ago. This could potentially cause major GOP headaches in the general election.
The Associated Press announced the run for governor of Mastriano on Tuesday night.
“Good night for Doug Mastriano!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network on Tuesday night.
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And the spotlight is shining on U.S. Representative Summer Lee, a progressive lawmaker running in the Democratic primary for an open seat on the U.S. House of Representatives in Pittsburgh’s heavily blue congressional district.
Lee, who enjoys the support of left-wing giants – including Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and the Republic of Alexandria Ocasio Cortes – could become the newest member of the so-called “Squad” of diverse, progressive members of the House if he wins the primary elections. Her divisive primary election against opponent Steve Irwin turned into a battle between the centrist and progressive wings of the Democratic Party and remains unresolved early Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, Democratic nominees for the Senate and governor were in the headlines on the primary day because of their health. Feterman’s campaign says he is undergoing what they call a “standard procedure” for implanting a defibrillator pacemaker after suffering a stroke on Friday and being hospitalized. Feterman, who is expected to win the Democratic Senate nomination in the Senate on Tuesday, said on Sunday that he was on track for a “full recovery” and added that his “campaign is not slowing down at all”.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, whom the Associated Press predicts won the primary election for governor of the Democratic Party on Tuesday, tested positive for COVID-19 in the morning.
“After eight years of Tom Wolfe’s disastrous policies, Republican voters in Pennsylvania have chosen Doug Mastriano as their candidate for governor,” said Dave Rexrode, executive director of the Republican Governors’ Association, on Tuesday. “The country and Pennsylvania are in a worse position under Democrats and Josh Shapiro, who will continue the same policies that led to record inflation and an increase in violent crime.
“Instead of focusing on kitchen issues, such as strengthening the economy and investing in education, Doug Mastriano is an extremist with a dangerous agenda that will devastate Pennsylvania families,” said Noam Lee, CEO of Association of Democrat Governors. “He led the charge of reversing the Pennsylvania election results in 2020, transporting people to the deadly attack on the US Capitol, and was even summoned by the bipartisan commission on January 6.
U.S. Senator Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, speaks at the primary evening election meeting in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster)
OZ, BARNETTE, MCCORMICK RELEASED BULLETINS IN GOP CRUSIAL SENATE
Oz, a cardiac surgeon, writer and famous physician who, until his campaign in the Senate late last year, hosted the popular TV show The Dr. Oz Show, told Fox News after voting that he felt ” very confident “and that he is” in a very good place “.
Oz is one of the two favorites in the election for several months in opposition to the Republican Party to succeed retired Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, along with McCormick, a former hedge fund executive who graduated from West Point, a Gulf War veteran and a Treasury Department official in the administration of former President George W. Bush.
McCormick highlighted his “good momentum” and pointed to the high percentage of voters who said they had not yet decided to go to the polls. He noted that “there are many undecided”.
INTRA-PARTY BATTLES IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN KEY HOUSES REPRESENTATIVES FROM COAST TO COAST
The Republican primary has turned into a tripartite meeting in the last few weeks after a jump in support for opinion polls for veteran and conservative commentator Katie Barnett. The optimist Barnett told reporters that she was “so excited that we can make a story with God’s grace.”
Republican Senate nominee Katie Barnett leaves the polling station in the town of Down Morland, Pennsylvania, after voting in the state primary elections on May 17, 2022 (Fox News)
Other major contenders in the GOP’s major core area included Jeff Bartos, a real estate developer, philanthropist and Republican Party candidate for lieutenant governor for 2018; and Carla Sands, executive director of real estate and a major Republican donor who served as ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration.
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Oz and McCormick’s campaigns and external super PACs supporting the two contenders since the beginning of the year have spent tens of millions of dollars on TV, digital and radio commercials, attacking each other for their conservative powers and key issues, making the GOP the top spot. the most expensive in the nation so far this cycle.
After jumping into the polls, Barnett faced devastating attacks from her rivals and other Republicans concerned about her lack of scrutiny, conflicting comments, her double-digit loss in the 2020 congressional election, and worries that she was too extreme for to win a general across the state. elections in a purple state like Pennsylvania.
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