According to a Fox News poll, John Fetterman has opened an 11-percentage-point lead over Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race.
John Fetterman is campaigning for the United States Senate. The photo was taken by Michael M. Santiago.
45% of Pennsylvania voters intend to cast their vote for Fetterman, while 42% will vote for Oz, according to the poll.
A majority of Fetterman's supporters are behind him, but only a small number of Oz's are.
More than half of voters said they are very concerned that Oz, who lived in New Jersey for decades before moving to Pennsylvania, is not familiar enough with the state to serve as a senator.
Concerns over Fetterman's health due to a recent stroke that has largely kept him off the campaign trail, but voters don't seem too worried about it.
Fetterman holds an 8.6 percentage point advantage over Oz in RealClearPolitics' polling average of the race, according to the Fox News poll.
The Pennsylvania Senate race is seen as the Democrats' best chance of flipping a Republican-held seat this November, in what is otherwise expected to be a rough election for the party due to inflation and concerns about a recession. Fetterman has done little campaigning in person, but he has embarked on a relentless, celebrity-backed online troll effort. In the last few weeks, the lieutenant governor has featured Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polanco and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt in videos to connect Oz with New Jersey, and on Saturday he started a petition to induct Oz into the New Jersey Hall of Oz was born in Ohio but grew up in Delaware and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
In the state's governor's race, the poll found Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapriro leading his Republican opponent by a wide margin.
Doug Mastriano won the Republican primary for governor.
Fetterman trolled Oz with New Jersey celebrities.
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