Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Cawthorn Out; Republican PA Senate Race Undecided

 

Here's a quick summary of key races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina:

The Mehmet Oz, Dave McCormick and Kathy Barnette race in Pennsylvania is too close to call, despite Trump’s endorsement.

The high-spending Republican Senate race in Pennsylvania, between Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity television physician, and Dave McCormick, the wealthy leader of a hedge fund, is nail-bitingly close. Neither candidate conceded, and an official recount is likely...

Doug Mastriano, an election denier, won the Republican primary election for governor in Pennsylvania.

Doug Mastriano, a retired colonel and state senator who has propagated myriad false claims about the 2020 election and attended the protest leading up to the Capitol riot, won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor...

John Fetterman got a pacemaker hours before winning the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania.

John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor, had a stroke on Friday and a pacemaker put in on Tuesday, which kept him off the campaign trail in the waning days of the race.

In November, he will try to help Democrats pick up a key Senate seat that is being vacated by Republican Patrick J. Toomey, a fiscal conservative who occasionally broke with his party...

Republicans are done with Madison Cawthorn

Crumbling under the weight of repeated scandals and blunders, Representative Madison Cawthorn was ousted on Tuesday by Republican primary voters in western North Carolina, a stinging rejection of the Trump-endorsed candidate.

Mr. Cawthorn, 26, lost to Chuck Edwards, a state senator, in a crowded primary in the 11th District that resembled a recall effort for many Republicans, who grew fed up with Mr. Cawthorn’s antics...

In Pennsylvania, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro was unopposed in his primary and will face Christofascist Mastriano in the general election.