In a major win for Democrats, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has defeated Dr. Mehmet Oz in the race to fill Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, multiple networks project.
The victory makes the possibility of Republicans flipping the Senate considerably more difficult.
The former mayor of Braddock, a Pittsburgh suburb, saw his stature grow among Democrats in the wake of the 2020 election, where he pushed back on baseless claims of voter fraud in the state via social media and cable news. Fetterman was aided by an aesthetic unique to modern American politics: Nearing 7 feet in height, eschewing suits for hoodies and athletic shorts, and sporting a bald head, tattoos and a goatee.
In the spring, Fetterman won his primary easily, despite suffering a stroke, which required him to be outfitted with a pacemaker and defibrillator on the day of the election. From the earliest days of his campaign in 2021, Fetterman has vowed to help break the legislative filibuster in the Senate. He told voters he supported codifying Roe v. Wade, LGBTQ rights, gun safety laws and labor unions, even when campaigning in the state’s reddest counties. He also reversed himself on fracking, an energy-extraction method he had previously opposed, while defending his work on criminal justice reform and the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.
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