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Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz are facing off for an open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
Fetterman and Oz are vying to succeed GOP Sen. Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania, a battleground Senate race critical to both parties’ fortunes in the US Senate — and a seat Democrats are aiming to flip back from Republican control.
Fetterman has served as Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor since 2018 and was previously the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, in the western part of the state. Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, rose to prominence as a celebrity doctor thanks to exposure from Oprah Winfrey, and is best known for his work on television hosting the « Dr. Oz Show. »
Fetterman, a progressive, is centering his campaign around being a reliable 51st vote for Democratic priorities in the Senate. He supports changing the current filibuster rules to ease the passage of legislation and strongly supports marijuana legalization, even pushing President Joe Biden to decriminalize marijuana.
