To run a campaign, you need money. Mastriano has none. He apparently hasn’t been too successful in getting the traditional GOP deep pockets to support him, which doesn’t surprise me since he’s a newbie State Senator who doesn’t play ball. Oz both has his own money, and is probably getting support from Mitch McConnell, since Oz is a moderate.
I think Mastriano will benefit a little if Oz does well. A fence-sitter who decides to go with Oz might just decide ‘what-the-hell’ I’ll just go all out GOP this cycle.
Even without the traditional advertising, this is a neck and neck race. Mastriano is very close. I support him 100%.
“[McConnell] expressed himself quite clearly with his pocketbook,” Oz told Fox News on Thursday. “He’s put $34 million into my race. That’s a lot of money.”
Mastriano is getting nothing from the GOP pacs. Even at that, my little conservative area has many Mastriano signs out. Hopefully these people show up to vote this time instead of mailing them in.
He's spent his entire career working in government, and yet he hasn't even yet served a single full term in the Pennsylvania Senate. He won a special election to fill a vacant seat in 2019, and then won re-election in 2020 for the next Senate term.
He also represents one of the most conservative areas of North America -- which means his track record is great for his constituents but is a huge liability in a statewide race.
He's got my support, too. I don't have any illusions about his prospects, though.