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Republican Mehmet Oz for the first time has taken the lead in polls in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race after Democrat John Fetterman’s impairment from a recent stroke came into full view on the debate stage last week.
Mr. Oz has slowly closed the gap in recent days and overtook Mr. Fetterman 47.5% to 44.8% in an Insider Advantage survey conducted after the Democrat’s rocky debate performance that left the party panicking over a potential loss of both the seat and control of the Senate.
Another survey released last week by Wick Insights had Mr. Oz leading 47.6% compared to Mr. Fetterman’s 45.9%.
The neck-and-neck race, which Mr. Fetterman leads by an overall average of just 0.3% in recent polls, has been difficult for Republicans to navigate, Sen. Rick Scott said Sunday.
“I think the hardest has been Pennsylvania, but Dr. Oz will win against Fetterman. But we’re going to pick up Georgia, we’ll pick up Nevada. I think we have every reason to believe we’re going to pick up Arizona and probably New Hampshire,” the Florida Republican, who chairs Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said on ABC’s “This Week.
