It’s a dynamic unique to Republican primaries: Trump is such an all-consuming force in the GOP that when the Trump-endorsed candidate and those looking to take Trumpism even further aren’t the same person, it gives space to a less Trump-inspired candidate like McCormick.Īnd it’s a significant reason that the race remains too close to call.Īn election denier could have power over Pennsylvania’s 2024 election And though Barnette is third in the race as the last ballots are counted, she appears to have sapped the celebrity doctor of needed votes.
The final outcome could be delayed in part by a printing error in Lancaster County that officials there said left about 22,000 ballots unable to be read by scanners.Ĭonservative Kathy Barnette ran as a Trump heir, seizing on grassroots Republican antipathy toward Oz. Pennsylvania continued counting ballots in its Republican Senate primary Wednesday morning, where Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and retired hedge fund executive David McCormick are locked in a neck-and-neck battle. These are six takeaways from the state and other races from the night:
Pennsylvania made headlines in Tuesday’s primaries.
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