Victorious Fetterman: ‘We held the line’

November 9, 2022

HARRISBURG -- Democrat John Fetterman won Pennsylvania’s pivotal race for U.S. Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat as he recovered from a stroke during the bare-knuckled campaign and giving Democrats hope they can retain control of the closely divided chamber to boost President Joe Biden’s agenda for two more years. According to the Pennsylvania Department of State website, Fetterman led Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz 50.07% to 47.51%, a difference of nearly 127,000. Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s towering and plainspoken lieutenant governor, who became a progressive hero as mayor of a ...

Trump, Biden, Obama make final midterm push in Pennsylvania

November 5, 2022

By MARC LEVY, STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Swing-state Pennsylvania is the stage for a clash of presidents on Saturday as each party's biggest stars work to energize voters just days before voting concludes in high-stakes midterm elections across ...

Oz-Mastriano strong pair atop Pennsylvania’s GOP ticket

October 31, 2022

By MARC LEVY Associated Press MALVERN, Pa. (AP) — On a chilly Saturday morning in mid-October, state and national Republican Party leaders made their way to a hotel patio restaurant in the critically important Philadelphia suburbs to energize loyalists heading into next month's election ...

Fetterman struggles in Senate debate against Oz after stroke

October 26, 2022

By MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions and often spoke haltingly throughout a highly anticipated debate Tuesday against ...

Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman

October 26, 2022

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz rolled onstage inside of an inflatable orb, put on a hydrating face mask and proceeded to pitch a new line of skin care products to a convention of supplement distributors at Salt Lake City's Vivint ...

Fetterman talks recovery in first interview since stroke

October 13, 2022

John Fetterman granted his first interview since suffering a stroke six months ago. Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate used closed captioning to help him communicate with NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns. Fetterman is in a tightly-contested ...