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Why is next year’s Pa. Senate race getting so much buzz? John Fetterman is only one reason | John Baer
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Last week, NBC News called the race for that seat “a test of progressive firepower” in a swing state in the wake of Donald Trump.
This past Monday, a fourth Democrat joined the race. On Tuesday, a fourth Republican announced. It’s expected there will be larger candidate fields in primaries more than a year from now.
Campaigns start too early, last too long. But growing attention to this one’s understandable. It’s different. Huge for the state, and maybe the nation.
In November, Parnell lost his bid for the 17th Congressional District seat to Lamb, in a closer-than-expected race. Lamb won 51% to 49% in the district that includes most of Allegheny County, all of Beaver County and a sliver of Butler County.
President Joe Biden beat Trump 51% to 48% in the district, but received nearly 60% of the vote in Allegheny County.
Parnell joined with several other Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler County, in a failed attempt to have more than 2.5 million mail-in ballots thrown out and have the Republican-controlled state Legislature select a new slate of Electoral College voters.
Prior to that, Parnell and Luke Negron, another Pittsburgh-area GOP Congressional candidate, filed a federal lawsuit in October over the ballot handling process in Allegheny County.
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Arkoosh s Republican colleague on the Montgomery County Commission, Joe Gale, who is Sean s older brother, previously entered the 2022 race for governor. Second-term Gov. Tom Wolf cannot run again.
Arkoosh is the first woman to enter the Senate race, although others, including U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, are considering a run for the statewide seat.
In her launch video titled “Fiercely Determined,” Arkoosh talks about reforming healthcare and “pushing progressive change” as a doctor, and shows an image of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham when she talks about standing up to “Trump Republicans.”
Arkoosh has served as Montgomery County Commission chairwoman since current state Attorney General Josh Shapiro left the commission in 2017. She has been one of the Philadelphia region s high-profile voices in the suburbs response to the coronavirus pandemic.