commonwealth. the senate gop primary. hedge fund guy dave mccormick and trump-endorsed tv doc dr. mehmet oz locked in a tighter than tight battle. look at that. just 2,600 votes apart. the trumpiest candidate really not endorsed by him kathy barnette trailing despite what looked like a late surge and people were concerned she might actually win, or could win. cnn projects doug mastriano, a champion of the bogus big lie of election fraud, in 2020 has won the gop governor s primary there. and talk about high drama. as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania s democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn t expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he s recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on friday. and then there is north carolina. that s where madison cawthorn has conceded to chuck edwards. the 26-year-old cawthorn conceding after multiple scandals, everything from bringing a loaded handgun through a
i mean, they all embrace trump. but if you ask my opinion, i would tell you that i think mccormick is a much stronger general election candidate than oz against fetterman. and i think he would actually beat fetterman. against oz i think it s a more competitive race. but i think mccormick has a good profile, particularly for the suburban areas of pennsylvania for a general election. and charlie hits on the important takeaway of the night, is the republican party needs to look at nominating candidates that will win the general election as opposed to just the primary. he wi we need to elect candidates that are reflective of the republican party not trump s wing of the republican party. you think mccormick can win a general election? absolutely. against fetterman certainly he can. he s certainly a lot more moderate than oz and barnette as well. and look, this is obviously close. in speaking with mccormick s campaign tonight, they re looking at the absentee ballots, the ones that are