Can Fetterman flip a Senate seat in Pennsylvania?
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🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz are in a tight Senate race in purple Pennsylvania. The stakes are high as the nation waits to see if Democrats can flip this seat.
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On Nov. 8, Pennsylvanians will vote for their next senator – Republican Mehmet Oz, the TV personality, or Democrat John Fetterman, the state’s Lieutenant Governor.
Many believe that this seat is the best chance for Democrats to maintain a majority in the Senate. So what do we know about Senate hopeful John Fetterman? Who is the man behind the social media campaigns and the stroke survival story?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Martine. |
| 0:04.4 | A quick message before we start today's show. |
| 0:06.6 | You may have noticed I am handing over the hosting reigns for a few weeks while I'm off |
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| 0:16.0 | Until I'm back at the end of this month, you'll be hearing from my official new co-host |
| 0:20.2 | Allah Hayazadi, as well as a whole crew of other guest hosts from around the newsroom, |
| 0:25.3 | bringing you the most interesting and insightful stories of the day. |
| 0:29.0 | Today, we've got on tap our wonderful colleague, columnist Jerry Brewer. |
| 0:33.6 | You will be in green hands. |
| 0:35.5 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:38.0 | In two weeks, voters in Pennsylvania will head to the polls and perhaps the most closely |
| 0:42.2 | watched Senate race in the country. |
| 0:44.6 | The seat in Pennsylvania is currently held by a Republican, but Democrats have looked |
| 0:48.5 | at it as maybe one chance that they have to flip a seat in this very, very contentious |
| 0:55.5 | fraud midterm election where they're expected to be losing seats in other places. |
| 1:01.8 | Colby Icowitz covers campaigns in Pennsylvania politics for the post. |
| 1:06.4 | So they've invested a lot in Pennsylvania. |
| 1:09.9 | It could be the thing that allows them to hold on to their very narrow majority in the |
| 1:14.0 | Senate. |
| 1:19.2 | For years, the Senate seat has been held by a Republican Pat Tumey, who's retiring. |
| 1:24.1 | Now, Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Federman hopes to replace him. |
| 1:29.0 | His opponent is the celebrity TV personality, Dr. Oz. |
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