Pennsylvania flips Senate seat blue with John Fetterman win | USA TODAY

Election update: Fetterman defeats Oz in contentious midterm Senate race, flipping the seat in Pennsylvania. RELATED: Democrat John Fetterman says debating Dr. Oz 'wasn't exactly easy' https://bit.ly/3NPoOYY John Fetterman won the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, beating Trump-backed celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and overcoming concerns that his stroke recovery had foreclosed his chances at victory. Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, had been leading in the polls by significant margins over the summer, but television host Oz started to close the gap in recent weeks, particularly after the rocky debate performance by Fetterman. The lieutenant governor suffered a stroke just before the primary in May and has relied on closed captioning in recent interviews and the debate. Independent analysts had predicted the Pennsylvania race would be the best chance for Democrats to pick up a Republican-held Senate seat. Fetterman and Oz have been vying for the open seat created by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey's retirement. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3WPYa6k » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Politics #Pennsylvania #Election2022