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– New polls from The Tragalgar Group show Dr. Mehmet Oz leading Pennsylvania Senate candidates and Doug Mastriano the leader among Gubernatorial candidates. The poll, which was conducted after Oz was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, interviewed 1,074 likely Republican Primary voters. In the Senate race, Oz received 22.7%, followed by Dave McCormick at 19.7% and Kathy Barnette with 18.4% Carla Sands received 11.2%, Jeff Bartos received 7.7%, George Bochetto received 2.5%, and Sean Gale had 0.8%. Seventeen percent of likely Republican voters are undecided in the Senate race.

(Harrisburg) — An anti-Trump candidate said Monday he is dropping his bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Craig Snyder, a longtime lobbyist and political consultant from Philadelphia, said he has been unable to generate enough support. *** Republicans running include conservative commentator Kathy Barnette; real estate investor Jeff Bartos, the party’s 2018 nominee for lieutenant governor; Sean Parnell, a decorated former Army Ranger and author who penned a New York Times-bestselling memoir of his service in Afghanistan; and Carla Sands, the wealthy former ambassador to Denmark under Trump. Parnell — who is endorsed by Trump —...

The race for the Republican nomination for Senate in Pennsylvania is Sean Parnell’s to lose after snagging an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Trump chose the Army combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan over loyalist Carla Sands, a former ambassador in his administration and generous campaign contributor. The former president also chose Parnell over one of his leading grassroots supporters, Kathy Barnette...