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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro.’s overflowing campaign coffers underscore the importance of Pennsylvania to national politics—and the influence of government unions in elections. With four weeks remaining until the mid-term elections, Shapiro reported raising a whopping $25.4 million in his latest campaign-finance report, bringing his total to a record $50.9 million since the beginning of 2021. This represents 47 percent more than Governor Tom Wolf raised in four years as an incumbent running for reelection. By contrast, Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano has raised just over $5 million since the beginning of 2021. Slightly more than half of Shapiro’s total...

PHILADELPHIA - As Election Day nears, a new InsiderAdvantage/FOX 29 poll shows Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz has gained ground on Democratic nominee John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. The race is now a dead heat, according to the poll of 550 likely voters conducted three weeks before Election Day on Nov. 8. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2% |Fetterman and Oz are now tied in the polling at 46%, with 5% of those polled remaining undecided. Libertarian candidate Erik Gerhardt came in at about 2%. InsiderAdvantage Chairman Matt Towery says Fetterman’s shrinking lead was a...

🚨Breaking News: President Trump makes new statement on @dougmastriano👇 pic.twitter.com/bN9FdcuizB— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 19, 2022

State Sen. Doug Mastriano will bring his Republican campaign for governor to the Midvalley on Saturday.

@Douglas Mastriano - Hope and Inspiration for PA

Senator Mastriano gave the students of Veritas Academy a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield.

Incredible Mastriano adSee you tonight, Erie!Details -> https://t.co/h32eLqT3vv pic.twitter.com/DuP8eSrws9— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 14, 2022

Republican Mehmet Oz has narrowed Democrat John Fetterman’s lead in Pennsylvania’s bare-knuckle Senate election, and the two candidates are now polling inside the margin of error, according to a new survey shared exclusively with POLITICO. Fetterman is slightly ahead with 48 percent of likely voters, while Oz has 46 percent, the poll by AARP found. That’s a shift in Oz’s direction since June, when Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, was leading by six percentage points in the AARP survey.

A group of violent Philadelphia ATV drivers was caught on video attacking police by throwing bricks and bottles at the officers before fleeing the scene, police said. The group unleashed its assault on police just one day after a Republican city councilman accused the administration of Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, of instructing officers "not to enforce the law." The Philadelphia Police Department shared video on Tuesday showing "a large group of people riding dirt bikes and ATV’s" around a gas station near Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street, police said. According to police, a dirt bike rider initially crashed...

Democrats in Pennsylvania have tried to rebrand Josh Shapiro, the left-wing gubernatorial candidate. After years of pushing the Left's agendas as Pennsylvania's attorney general, followed by being a pawn for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, Josh Shapiro, the Democratic candidate for governor, is trying to appear as a centrist in the election. Yet, voters must look no further than Shapiro's refusal to prosecute gun crimes in Philadelphia to notice his true intentions. Shapiro is a wolf in sheep's clothing and cares more about left-wing political agendas than innocent people. Unless Pennsylvanians enjoy fearing for their lives while walking through cities, voters...

Wawa, a beloved Philadelphia-area convenience store, might nix plans to expand in the city after one location was ransacked by dozens of looters last month, according to a Philadelphia councilman. “They’ve had to invest in security, and those of you that have these office buildings [know that] security doesn’t add anything to your bottom line, it takes away from your bottom line. But without it, then you’re in deep trouble. So they are spending money, they’re losing money,” Philadelphia Democratic Councilmember Mike Driscoll said Tuesday at a town hall-style forum hosted by the Philadelphia Real Estate Alliance. “The scariest part...

You can watch a recording of a John Solomon interview of Mastriano when they post it. The interview ended as I put this post together. Major gist: Mastriano says mail-in voting in PA is down by about 40% with Democrats requesting fewer ballots and Republicans requesting more when compared to 2020.

3 weeks ago, Trafalgar, one of our most trusted poll, had Mastriano and Oz within less than 2 points. Well within the margin of error. This is a very winnable race. A new Trafalgar poll is coming out THIS week.

FISM obtained exclusive footage from a speech by Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania’s governor.

HERSHEY, Pa. — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro appeared Monday at the 38th annual Pennsylvania Chamber Dinner in Hershey. Oz and Shapiro had separate 30-minute conversations. Advertisement Those conversations came after a discussion featuring former Democratic National Committeewoman Donna Brazile and former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who talked about Pennsylvania's role in the nation's political environment. During his discussion, Oz linked the issue of crime to economic viability in places like Philadelphia. "You walk around places like Philadelphia, what they really need is a safe community that's not fraught with drugs...

Malik Obama, the half-brother of former President Barack Obama, has endorsed the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Malik Obama responded to a post from American conservative author and podcast host Jack Posobiec in which he suggested that the older Obama may like Mastriano and should “check him out.” “​​If he’s with President Trump then I’m with @dougmastriano Pennsylvania Senator PA District 33,” Obama responded to the post.

It’s going to be a red-letter week for Sen. Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign: the Republican underdog is finally launching a television advertising campaign. Mastriano’s campaign announced Monday that its first ads of the race will go up later this week in a fundraising pitch to supporters. The campaign did not respond to questions about the ads’ content but stated in the email that “our team is putting the final touches on them as we speak.” A PennLive check with advertising trackers Kantar/CMAG confirmed that the Mastriano campaign has reserved $234,000 from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10, concentrated in the Pittsburgh...

Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz remains in a statistical tie in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race with his radical Democrat opponent, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, according to a pair of polls. A Franklin & Marshall College poll published Thursday shows Fetterman has the support of 45 percent of registered voter participants, giving him just a 3-point lead over Oz, who garnered 42 percent of the response. As Oz is within the margin of error of 5.6 percentage points, the race is a statistical tie. The Republican has made tremendous gains on Fetterman in recent months and seems to be finding his stride...

Pennsylvania GOP Governor Candidate Doug Mastriano released a great campaign ad today. It says everything you need to know about Mastriano and what he will do on his first day on the job. Citizen Free Press and Jenna Ellis noted Mastriano’s excellent campaign ad. Mastriano is more than words like other politicians, Mastriano has consistently backed his words with actions. He recently filed a lawsuit against the Jan 6 Committee. He was one of the few individuals to visit the Maricopa Audit in Arizona. But whenever Mastriano tried to do something, he was blocked by the RINOs running the GOP...

John Fetterman polls ahead of Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania amid voters’ crime concernsFox News' Bryan Llenas reports on Philadelphia’s police union backing Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz as Democrat John Fetterman polls ahead in the state. Democrat John Fetterman tops Republican Mehmet Oz among Pennsylvania voters by 45%-41%, in a Fox News survey released Wednesday. That 4-point edge is within the poll’s margin of sampling error, and down from an 11-point advantage in late July. It is notable neither candidate receives majority support. Three percent favor independent candidate Everett Stern, and 11% back someone else, are unsure or won’t...