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Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz are set to face off on Tuesday evening in the first and only debate of the Pennsylvania Senate race.
The most closely watched races is pennsylvania's senate contest. >> it is a big one, and republican mehmet oz has narrowed democrat john fetterman's lead in a tight race that could determine which party controls the senate. cnn's dan merica was at an event for fetterman and joins us now. >> reporter: that's right. john fetterman held an event here in key chester county on saturday night. he spoke at length on stage with senator amy klobuchar. it is a unique event for fetterman, as you noted, had a stroke in may, returned to the campaign trail in june, has mostly headlined rallies where he had ...
House in 2018. as recently as 2012, this county voted for a republican presidential nominee in mitt romney. that is why fetterman is here. he and his aides know this is going to be a critical county if they are going to defeat oz in november. hanging over this, the fact that polls have tightened of late and closed since over the summer when fetterman had a double-digit lead. they're neck and neck in pennsylvania between oz and fetterman and that ratchets up the tension as we head into the debate on tuesday. >> dan, thanks for that report. looking overseas ukraine says that russia is pulling ...
Thank you so much for the reporting. and with less than three weeks until election day, early voters are turning out in pretty big numbers as candidates across the country are making their closing pitch. >> and one of the most closely watched races this year is in pennsylvania, where republican mehmet oz is gaining on democrat john fetterman in a bare-knuckle race that could ultimately determine the balance of power in the senate. cnn's dan merica has more. >> reporter: that's right. john fetterman held an event here in key chester county on saturday night. he spoke at length on stage with s...
Arguments. >> reporter: it's not happenstance we're here in chester county around philadelphia. this is a critical county to delivering the white house to joe biden in 2020. it helped deliver democrats the house in 2018. as recently as 2012, this county voted for a republican presidential nominee in mitt romney. he and his aides know this is going to be a critical county if they are going to defeat oz in november. hanging over this, the fact that polls have tightened of late and closed over the summer when fetterman had a double-digit lead. they're neck and neck in pennsylvania between oz and ...