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Trump’s sway gets blurred in 3-way, down-to-wire Senate race

Pennsylvania is at the heart of a dramatic midterm primary election race. On the Republican side there is a former Wall Street executive vying with a celebrity physician and a surging conservative firebrand. Their likely rival is a Democrat recovering from a stroke.

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Candidate in hospital, others scrambling before Pa. primary

The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate are under way, with a top Senate candidate in the hospital and establishment Republicans trying to stave off victories by candidates they view as too toxic to win in the fall

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Oz, Mastriano extend leads in Pa.'s Republican primaries for US Senate, governor, new Emerson College poll says

In a poll conducted over the weekend of a relatively large sample of very likely Republican primary voters, former President Donald Trump's endorsed candidates for two of the state's biggest races — Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate and Doug Mastriano for governor — were leading the pack.

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2022 midterms: What to watch as 5 states hold primaries

Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots in midterm elections

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Barnette deflects past comments in Pennsylvania GOP Senate race

Political commentator Kathy Barnette, who has surged into a three-way tie in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Republican U.S. Senate primary, defended most of her previous incendiary comments as taken out of context as she faces new scrutiny.

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Oz, Barnette, McCormick scramble across Pa. ahead of Tuesday’s extremely close primary

WYOMISSING, Pa. — A roller-coaster Pennsylvania campaign season careened toward a breathless finish Saturday as candidates raced to firehouses, diners, public parks, and an indoor rally, making a final push in some of the country’s most critical races.

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'Reprehensible': Oz condemns GOP opponent's tweet on Islam

Republican Senate hopeful Mehmet Oz is stepping up his criticism of a far-right candidate in Pennsylvania who is gaining traction ahead of Tuesday’s primary election

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Can this offbeat tattooed Democrat flip a Pennsylvania Senate seat?

John Fetterman, a proponent of marijuana legalization and sentencing reform, is the frontrunner in his party’s primary

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Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel in her new status as sudden-shock co-front-runner in Pennsylvania’s GOP U.S. Senate primary, in…

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Trump scrambles to fend off Oz challenger in Pa. Senate race

Sensing a threat in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race, Donald Trump has issued a warning that surging Republican candidate Kathy Barnette would threaten the GOP’s chances of holding the seat in November

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Kathy Barnette is the surprise Pa. Senate candidate who just might win. Now she’s getting new scrutiny

PHILADELPHIA — Wearing a bright smile, Kathy Barnette shook hands and introduced herself around the patio of a Montgomery County country club: “I’m Kathy, and I’m running for United States Senate,” she said.

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GOP panics over ‘ultra-MAGA’ Pennsylvania Senate wild card Kathy Barnette

Mitch McConnell has been fixated on ensuring the 2022 midterms are not a repeat of the 2012 or 2010 cycles.

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Conservative groups go against Trump, Oz in Pa. Senate race

Several prominent conservative groups are lining up behind Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette as an alternative to Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump

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Trump's smackdown of David McCormick shows the risks for Republicans trying a MAGA makeover

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Standing before a wall-sized American flag at an American Legion hall here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, David McCormick talked up his background in the Army, called himself a "happy warrior," and ticked through the reasons he wants to be Pennsylvania's next senator:

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Kathy Barnette is neck-and-neck with Oz and McCormick in the Pa. Senate race, poll says

PHILADELPHIA — Maybe money really can’t buy everything.

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Kathy Barnette is neck-and-neck with Oz and McCormick in the Pa. Senate race, poll says

PHILADELPHIA — Maybe money really can’t buy everything.

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Trump supporters still unsure about Oz in Pa.'s US Senate GOP race, despite former president's endorsement

When Donald Trump endorsed Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania's Republican primary for U.S. Senate, many pundits began wondering whether the former president's backing would put the celebrity surgeon and former TV host ahead as the front-runner in one of the most-watched and most expensive Senate races in the country.

The Independent UK

Trump, emboldened after Ohio victory, faces challenges ahead

Former President Donald Trump enters the next stretch of the midterm campaign emboldened by primary victories but facing new risks

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Oz's ties to Turkey attacked in Pennsylvania's Senate race

Mehmet Oz’s rivals in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate are escalating their attacks on the celebrity heart surgeon’s connections to his parents’ native country of Turkey, raising it as a possible national security issue

The Independent UK

Attacks dominate Senate GOP debate in primary’s last stretch

What could be the final primary debate between Republicans running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat devolved into a string of attacks

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Campaign season kicks off in earnest with primaries in 14 states in May

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mehmet Oz is a top Senate candidate in Pennsylvania. What are his ties to the state?

PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz lived in North Jersey for more than three decades. The celebrity known as “Dr. Oz” has invited magazines and TV cameras to his home overlooking the Hudson River and Manhattan skyline to showcase his lifestyle and advice.

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Cruz ups efforts to defeat Trump's picks

Cruz is heading to Ohio and Pennsylvania to campaign against Republicans endorsed by Trump

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