personality mehmet oz, and mccormick. kathy barnette is right now trailing in third place there. we ll have more on the state of the contest, but we ll start with the results of the republican primary race in the pennsylvania governor s contest in which the gop has now doubled down on its pro-insurrection brand by nominating someone who was at the capital on january 6th, someone who faces a subpoena as we speak from the select committee investigating the insurrection and someone who could very well end up under scrutiny for doj for appointing a fake slate of doj electors. that man doug mastriano, he rocked to a primary after a twice-impeached ex-president who endorsed him. pennsylvania s leading far-right figure funding busses to shuttle supporters to the rally on january 6th 2021, that preceded the attack on the capitol. during his run for governor he has bard the news media from attending his campaign events and the qanon conspiracy theory. it is difficult to understate the
battle for pennsylvania senate is still too close to call with republican voters split, torn between trump-endorsed celebrity dr. oz and hedge fund executive dave mccormack. they spent millions of there ares attacking each other and living in other state, not pennsylvania. about 20,000 mail-in ballots are still to be counted and the race will likely end up in a recount and about kathy barnette, after a really surprising and jarring last-minute surge of support we talked about here, she s now more than not points behind oz or mccormick and still a third-place finish for the denier and january 6th supporter.
trump applies matt gaetz and margie pay letter greene. is the trump endorsement enough to put you over the top? i think st. the president support it is usually helpful because it snrails which side he is on. primary veat voters say they are mostly concerned about the economy. everybody is paying more for everything. the prices are real bad right now. in many states trump s backing will help vance who along with most other top candidates have falsely argued the 2020 election was rigged. once donald trump gave his endorsement, i think you know they will look buy it. trump s hold on the gop is unprecedented. but it will be tested in primaries across the country this month. we ve endorsed dr. oz. in pennsylvania trump is backing celebrity dr. mehmet oz for senate and also endorsed several troafntional candidates including herschel walker in georgia, previously accused of domestic violence. in charles herbster for governor in nebraska, accused by multiple wiment of sexua