with sort of traditional democratic talking points. he also ran as an insider. self-described populist who also said, hey, i m a democrat. you ll see a lot of democrats making the pilgrimage to pennsylvania to learn how to channel his style of messaging. especially if he wins the senate race. then the drama on the republican side. our decision desk said it s too close to call. there s a couple thousand votes separating the two candidates. we don t know where the votes are coming in. you can t project anything other than we ll go to kornacki to get the latest numbers. on the governor s side of things shapiro is the nominee. he run unopposed. on the republican side of the aisle, doug mastrano was one of the leaders to overturn the election in 2020 in pennsylvania. the other republican pennsylvaniaens were to desperate to breakthrough. he pushed back on the labels during his victory speech last night. take a listen. they like to call people who stand on the constitution far ri
race across all five primary states. donald trump s candidate, dr. oz, leads dave mccormick with over 95% of precincts reporting. pennsylvania state law requires an automatic recount if the margin of victory is within half a percentage point, which it looks like it will be. for the democrats, lieutenant governor john fetterman won his primary by a big margin, despite a last-minute health scare. fetterman, who just suffered a stroke, was having surgery to insert a pacemaker, even as the votes were being cast. and pennsylvania s republican voters rewarded candidates who supported stop the steal. far right republican doug mastriano will face off against josh shapiro for the governor s mansion. if elected, he promises to reset pennsylvania s voter rolls and force everyone in the state to reregister, though it s not clear that s legal. mastriano was not the only republican on a stop the steal ticket. ted budd from north carolina defeated a republican running for senate and urged m
dasha, what can we take away from the results at least so far in pennsylvania? reporter: well, look, right now both campaigns, oz and mccormick are putting out fairly optimistic messages. jeff rowe who worked for mccormick s campaign and youngkin s campaign put out a message focusing the mail-in ballots, which are tending to favor mccormick. the oz campaign on the other hand say they re watching the votes closely but they are confident that oz can win. look, this could get ugly here, katy. every election expert i ve been talking to on the ground here tells me this is absolutely going to a recount and these campaigns, they both spent tens of millions of dollars. they are not going to go down without a fight. and we re already seeing some messaging from former president
race across all five primary states. donald trump s candidate, dr. oz, leads dave mccormick with over 95% of precincts reporting. pennsylvania state law requires an automatic recount if the margin of victory is within half a percentage point, which it looks like it will be. for the democrats, lieutenant governor john fetterman won his primary by a big margin, despite a last-minute health scare. fetterman, who just suffered a stroke, was having surgery to insert a pacemaker, even as the votes were being cast. and pennsylvania s republican voters rewarded candidates who supported stop the steal. far right republican doug mastriano will face off against josh shapiro for the governor s mansion. if elected, he promises to reset pennsylvania s voter rolls and
answer either oz or mccormick is going to have to keep answering question. i don t think people want to relitigate 2020. some do. if oz wins 68% of pennsylvania republicans, the same in ohio voting against the trump candidate, it s obviously a tough race. it s maybe the most pivotal senate race we have. i m not saying republicans can t win it but they have treacherous waters they have to navigate here. mastriano could be a major problem for them. what about being a centrist, james, what about my initial question? it probably doesn t help you that much in the primary, but you re going to see people, i don t know what a centrist is. people tell me i m a centrist. i m no such thing, i m a liberal but that s okay. a primary is little different breed than generals. the problem is that the trump