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The 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] Democratic lieutenant governor John Fetterman won his first term in office, defeating Republican surgeon Mehmet Oz. Fetterman succeeded Republican incumbent senator Pat Toomey, who did not seek re-election after two terms. This was the only U.S. Senate seat to flip parties in 2022.
In the May 17 primary, Fetterman won the Democratic nomination with 59% of the vote. [2] Oz finished with a 0.1% margin ahead of businessman David McCormick in the Republican primary, triggering an automatic recount. McCormick conceded the nomination on June 3, [3] making Oz the first Muslim candidate to be nominated by either major party for U.S. Senate. [4]
The general election was among the most competitive of the 2022 midterms and characterized as highly contentious. Fetterman framed Oz as an elitist carpetbagger with a radical anti-abortion stance in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade , while Oz framed Fetterman as a socialist insufficiently committed to fighting crime. Fetterman's health was also a major issue due to him suffering a stroke days before his primary victory. [5] Although Fetterman led most pre-election polls, concerns towards his health and a scrutinized debate performance helped Oz take a narrow lead before the election. [6] [7] [8]
Despite Oz's lead in final polls, Fetterman won by a 5% margin, helping provide Senate Democrats a net gain of one seat and their first outright majority since 2015. With Fetterman's victory, elected Democrats held both U.S. Senate seats from Pennsylvania for the first time since 1947. [a]
In October 2020, incumbent Republican senator Pat Toomey decided not to run for re-election, stating that he wished to return to the private sector. [9]
By October 2021, businessman Jeff Bartos, who had posted strong fund-raising totals, and veteran Sean Parnell, who had the endorsement of former president Donald Trump, emerged as the race's front-runners. [10] However, Parnell's campaign faced a large scandal in November 2021, after his ex-wife, Laurie Snell, testified in court during a custody hearing for the couple's children that Parnell had strangled and spat on her, abused their children, and told her to "go get an abortion". [11] Parnell denied the allegations under oath. [12] Even before these allegations were made, doubts had arisen among Republicans regarding Parnell's fundraising ability, and it became widely assumed that he would suspend his campaign if he did not win custody of his children. [12] [ failed verification ] On November 22, 2021, Snell was given custody of the couple's children and Parnell suspended his campaign. [13]
On November 30, with Parnell out of the race, Mehmet Oz, a celebrity doctor and television personality, announced his candidacy. [14] Oz's campaign entered an immediate controversy over whether Oz himself was a resident of Pennsylvania, as he had lived in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, for most of his life and had only registered to vote in Pennsylvania in October 2020. [14] [15] The January 2022 entrance of David McCormick, a businessman, into the race prompted attacks for McCormick's past detraction of Trump and criticism of "America First" economic policies from Oz allies. [16] Super PACs allied to McCormick hit back with a spate of well-funded television advertisements, accusing Oz of being a "Hollywood liberal." [17]
Republican straw polls in January 2022 indicated strong support for Bartos and political commentator Kathy Barnette among party activists as the campaign started to escalate. Bartos won the Republican State Committee Central Caucus's straw poll, placing first with 49 votes, while Barnette finished in second place with 30 votes. McCormick and Sands trailed at third and fourth place; and Oz and former Boxing Commissioner George Bochetto performed poorly, each receiving only one vote. [18] [19] Despite this, political commentators largely considered Oz and McCormick to be the frontrunners, with the other candidates trailing them. [20]
The McCormick campaign targeted Oz's ties to Turkey and called on him to renounce his Turkish citizenship, accusing Oz of harboring dual loyalties. [21] Oz later stated that if he were elected to the Senate, he would renounce his Turkish citizenship. [22] Former president Trump endorsed Oz on April 10, citing the popularity of his television show and perceived appeal to female voters. [23] Oz frequently highlighted this endorsement, it becoming one of his major talking points during the campaign. [20]
Oz had been ahead of the other candidates in the polls since the start of his campaign, with McCormick soon rising quickly in the polls to challenge Oz, with both men polling the low 20s. Barnette had also begun to rise in the polls at this point after a string of attention-getting debate performances and an ad spend in support of her by the Club for Growth. Her late surge prompted a change in tactics from the two frontrunners, who had largely ignored her as irrelevant until then. [24] Pro-Oz Super PAC American Leadership Action launched an ad campaign accusing Barnette of supporting Black Lives Matter, while McCormick stated that Barnette was unelectable, citing her heavy loss in a U.S. House race the previous election cycle. [24] Oz himself also accused Barnette of Islamophobia, pointing to a 2015 tweet in which she stated, "Pedophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam." [25]
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | |||||||
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Kathy Barnette | George Bochetto | Jeff Bartos | Sean Gale | David McCormick | Mehmet Oz | Carla Sands | Everett Stern | |||||
1 | Feb. 22, 2022 | BroadandLiberty.com Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry | Becky Corbin | Video | P | P | P | N | A | A | A | P |
2 | Apr. 25, 2022 | Nexstar/WHTM-TV | Dennis Owens Lisa Sylvester | Video | P | N | P | N | P | P | P | W |
3 | May 4, 2022 | Newsmax TV | Greta Van Susteren Rick Dayton | P | N | P | N | P | P | P | W |
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Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Kathy Barnette | Jeff Bartos | David McCormick | Mehmet Oz | Carla Sands | Other [b] | Margin |
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Real Clear Politics [103] | May 3–16, 2022 | May 17, 2022 | 24.2% | 5.4% | 19.6% | 26.8% | 6.0% | 18.0% | Oz +2.6 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Kathy Barnette | Jeff Bartos | David McCormick | Mehmet Oz | Sean Parnell | Carla Sands | Other | Undecided | |||||
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The Trafalgar Group (R) [104] | May 14–16, 2022 | 1,195 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 27% | 7% | 22% | 29% | – | 7% | 4% [d] | 6% | |||||
Emerson College [105] | May 14–15, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 24% | 5% | 21% | 28% | – | 6% | 1% [e] | 15% | |||||
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) [106] | May 12–15, 2022 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 27% | 2% | 11% | 28% | – | 3% | 3% [f] | 26% | |||||
Osage Research (R) [107] [A] | May 12–13, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 24% | 6% | 25% | 24% | – | 7% | 1% [g] | 13% | |||||
InsiderAdvantage (R) [108] | May 7–9, 2022 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 21% | 5% | 19% | 23% | – | 5% | 3% [h] | 26% | |||||
The Trafalgar Group (R) [109] | May 6–8, 2022 | 1,080 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 23% | 7% | 22% | 25% | – | 7% | 2% [h] | 15% | |||||
Fox News [110] | May 3–7, 2022 | 1,001 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 19% | 7% | 20% | 22% | – | 8% | 4% [i] | 18% | |||||
Franklin & Marshall College [111] | April 20 – May 1, 2022 | 325 (RV) | ± 6.9% | 12% | 2% | 16% | 18% | – | 5% | 6% [j] | 39% | |||||
The Trafalgar Group (R) [112] | April 11–13, 2022 | 1,074 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 23% | – | 11% | 3% [k] | 17% | |||||
Franklin & Marshall College [113] | March 30 – April 10, 2022 | 317 (RV) | ± 6.6% | 7% | 6% | 15% | 16% | – | 5% | 8% [l] | 43% | |||||
Eagle Consulting Group (R) [114] | April 7–9, 2022 | 502 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 9% | 6% | 18% | 11% | – | 9% | 2% [m] | 45% | |||||
Emerson College [115] | April 3–4, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 10% | 9% | 18% | 17% | – | 8% | 6% [n] | 33% | |||||
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [116] [A] | March 29 – April 3, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 13% | 8% | 22% | 16% | – | 11% | 1% [g] | – | |||||
Emerson College [117] | March 26–28, 2022 | 372 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 6% | 5% | 14% | 14% | – | 6% | 3% [o] | 51% | |||||
Basswood Research (R) [118] [B] | March 19–21, 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 11% | 5% | 22% | 25% | – | 13% | 1% [g] | 23% | |||||
Fox News [119] | March 2–6, 2022 | 960 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 9% | 9% | 24% | 15% | – | 6% | 3% [p] | 31% | |||||
Franklin & Marshall College [120] | February 21–27, 2022 | 178 (LV) | ± 10.1% | 6% | 4% | 13% | 10% | – | 11% | 3% | 53% | |||||
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [116] [A] | ~February 23, 2022 | – (LV) | – | 9% | 5% | 24% | 18% | – | 11% | 1% [g] | – | |||||
McLaughlin & Associates (R) [121] [C] | February 16–18, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | – | – | 24% | 18% | – | – | 31% | 27% | |||||
Osage Research (R) [122] [A] | February 13–16, 2022 | 825 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 21% | – | 11% | 3% | 28% | |||||
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [116] [A] | ~February 9, 2022 | – (LV) | – | 9% | 5% | 17% | 23% | – | 17% | 1% [g] | – | |||||
The Trafalgar Group (R) [123] | February 1–4, 2022 | 1,070 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 9% | 7% | 16% | 27% | – | 15% | 6% [q] | 22% | |||||
Osage Research (R) [122] [A] | January 31 – February 2, 2022 | – (LV) | – | – | – | 19% | 29% | – | – | – | – | |||||
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [116] [A] | ~January 6, 2022 | – (LV) | – | 9% | 8% | 13% | 31% | – | 12% | – | – | |||||
The Trafalgar Group (R) [124] | December 13–16, 2021 | 1,062 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 8% | 3% | – | 19% | – | 7% | 12% [r] | 51% | |||||
Echelon Insights (R) [125] | December 1–3, 2021 | 200 (LV) | ± 6.9% | 7% | 4% | – | 11% | – | 5% | 10% [s] | 63% | |||||
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Civiqs (D) [126] | October 31 – November 5, 2021 | 799 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 7% | 6% | – | – | 31% | 8% | 2% [t] | 54% | |||||
Franklin & Marshall College [127] | October 18–24, 2021 | 184 (RV) | ± 8.8% | 3% | 2% | – | – | 11% | 2% | 3% [u] | 78% | |||||
OnMessage Inc. (R) [128] [D] | October 11–14, 2021 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | – | 7% | – | – | 27% | 4% | 5% | 57% | |||||
Franklin & Marshall College [129] | August 9–15, 2021 | 154 (RV) | ± 10.9% | 6% | 4% | – | – | 14% | 1% | 10% [v] | 66% |
Following the first night of results, it became clear that Oz and McCormick were the top two vote-getters in the election; however, the margin between them was too close to declare a victor. [130] A mandatory recount then began. [131] [130] Former president Trump encouraged Oz to declare victory on election night, stating that Oz would only be defeated as a result of election fraud; these claims were noted by Politico as echoing Trump's baseless claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. [132] With McCormick having done better with mail-in ballots, Oz opposed counting ballots which were received by election offices before election day but were missing dates on the envelopes. [133] A state court later required counties to count undated ballots as valid. [134]
On June 3, McCormick conceded to Oz, saying he could not make up the deficit in the recount. [135]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mehmet Oz | 420,168 | 31.21% | |
Republican | David McCormick | 419,218 | 31.14% | |
Republican | Kathy Barnette | 331,903 | 24.66% | |
Republican | Carla Sands | 73,360 | 5.45% | |
Republican | Jeff Bartos | 66,684 | 4.95% | |
Republican | Sean Gale | 20,266 | 1.51% | |
Republican | George Bochetto | 14,492 | 1.08% | |
Total votes | 1,346,091 | 100.0% |
The first two major Democratic candidates were Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania John Fetterman and state representative Malcolm Kenyatta. [136] Both Fetterman and Kenyatta were considered to be staunchly progressive Democrats, but the two men were felt to appeal to different demographics. [136] By July 2021, Fetterman was considered the frontrunner as a result of his high name recognition and strong fundraising. [137] U.S. Representative Conor Lamb, a political moderate, entered the race on August 6, 2021. [138] [139]
As the campaign progressed, Lamb and Fetterman became the two most prominent candidates, with Kenyatta and Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh also receiving media attention. Fetterman had maintained his frontrunner status as of December, and the other three contenders were viewed as mainly competing with each other in order to claim the anti-Fetterman mantle. [140] On February 4, 2022, Arkoosh withdrew from the race, her campaign having previously suffered from poor poll results and low support from party activists, leaving Kenyatta as the only major candidate from the Philadelphia region. [141] Both Kenyatta and Lamb were considered to have a good chance at picking up voters who had previously supported Arkoosh, Lamb for ideological reasons and Kenyatta for geographical ones. [141]
In addition to Fetterman, Kenyatta, and Lamb, two minor candidates also made the Democratic primary ballot, namely Kevin Baumlin, a hospital physician, and Alexandra Khalil, a municipal official. Baumlin withdrew from the race on March 31, leaving only Khalil in addition to the three major candidates. [142]
Lamb received the assistance of the “Penn Progress” Super PAC, [143] [144] which spent the entirety of its funds in support of Lamb's campaign. [145] Lamb worked closely with the Super PAC, and participated in donor calls it arranged. [146] [147] The Penn Progress Super PAC bankrolled TV ads which sought to portray Fetterman as a "self-described democratic socialist." Within a day of airing, PolitiFact and Factcheck.org called the attack ad false, [148] The Philadelphia Inquirer commented that Fetterman had never actually described himself that way, [149] the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia stopped broadcasting the ad, [150] and Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Lamb to disavow it. [151]
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Participants | ||
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John Fetterman | Malcolm Kenyatta | Conor Lamb | |||||
1 | Apr. 3, 2022 | Muhlenberg College | Becky Corbin Jenny DeHuff Ari Mittleman | Video | A [w] | P | P |
2 | Apr. 21, 2022 | Nexstar/WHTM-TV | Dennis Owens Lisa Sylvester | Video | P | P | P |
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Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | John Fetterman | Malcolm Kenyatta | Conor Lamb | Other [b] | Margin |
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Real Clear Politics [225] | March 26 – May 1, 2022 | May 5, 2022 | 43.0% | 6.0% | 12.0% | 39.0% | Fetterman +31.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Val Arkoosh | John Fetterman | Malcolm Kenyatta | Conor Lamb | Sharif Street | Other | Undecided | ||||||
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Franklin & Marshall College [111] | April 20 – May 1, 2022 | 357 (RV) | ± 6.6% | – | 53% | 4% | 14% | – | 6% [y] | 22% | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall College [113] | March 30 – April 10, 2022 | 356 (RV) | ± 6.2% | – | 41% | 4% | 17% | – | 9% [z] | 26% | ||||||
GBAO (D) [226] [E] | April 5–7, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | – | 44% | 17% | 19% | – | 4% [aa] | 15% | ||||||
Emerson College [117] | March 26–28, 2022 | 471 (LV) | ± 4.5% | – | 33% | 8% | 10% | – | 12% [ab] | 37% | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall College [120] | February 21–27, 2022 | 185 (LV) | ± 9.9% | – | 28% | 2% | 15% | – | 7% | 50% | ||||||
Impact Research (D) [227] [F] | Early February 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 3% | 47% | 7% | 17% | 5% | 8% | 13% | ||||||
Arkoosh withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
Data for Progress (D) [228] [E] | January 26–31, 2022 | 730 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 4% | 46% | 12% | 16% | – | – | 22% | ||||||
Street withdraws from the race | ||||||||||||||||
GQR Research (D) [229] [G] | December 14–16, 2021 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 6% | 44% | 20% | 15% | – | 2% | 12% | ||||||
GBAO (D) [230] [E] | November 16–23, 2021 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 5% | 42% | 15% | 16% | – | – | 21% | ||||||
Civiqs (D) [126] | October 31 – November 5, 2021 | 929 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 2% | 52% | 5% | 12% | 2% | 6% | 21% | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall College [127] | October 18–24, 2021 | 208 (RV) | ± 8.2% | 4% | 34% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 37% | ||||||
Franklin & Marshall College [129] | August 9–15, 2021 | 175 (RV) | ± 10.2% | 6% | 33% | 5% | 12% | 0% | 3% | 42% | ||||||
Data for Progress (D) [231] [E] | May 7–14, 2021 | 302 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 5% | 40% | 9% | 21% | 2% | 8% [ac] | 14% |
Fetterman won the Democratic primary by a landslide, winning all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, with Lamb in second place. Lamb's loss was attributed by Vanity Fair to numerous reasons, such as his not being known to voters in the Delaware Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, where the majority of Democratic voters were located, while in contrast Fetterman's position as lieutenant governor gave him statewide name recognition. In addition, the far more contested Republican primary had consumed media attention that Lamb might have otherwise used to gain more name recognition. [232] Fetterman was also widely considered to have run an effective populist campaign, with The Atlantic noting that his campaign focused on the issues of "workers, wages and weed". [233]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Fetterman | 753,557 | 58.65% | |
Democratic | Conor Lamb | 337,498 | 26.27% | |
Democratic | Malcolm Kenyatta | 139,393 | 10.85% | |
Democratic | Alexandria Khalil | 54,460 | 4.24% | |
Total votes | 1,284,908 | 100.0% |
The Libertarian Party nominee qualified for the general election ballot on August 1. [234] [235]
The Green Party nominee qualified for the general election ballot on August 1. [234] [235]
Fetterman's campaign framed Oz as a wealthy outsider who lived outside of Pennsylvania before 2020, including by airing ads that note his past residency in New Jersey. Fetterman also flew banners and published social media posts described by The Hill and The Washington Post as "trolling" his opponent. In one post, Fetterman started a petition to get Oz inducted to the New Jersey Hall of Fame. [251] In response to the carpetbagging criticisms, Oz said during the primary debate that Pennsylvanians "care much more about what I stand for than where I'm from". [252]
Oz's campaign criticized Fetterman for being inactive since he suffered a stroke in May and made an issue of Fetterman's health. [253] [254] [255] In September, Oz published his medical records, which prompted Fetterman to state he was medically cleared to serve in the Senate. [256] [257] [258] Oz's campaign also framed Fetterman as a socialist, highlighting his endorsement of Bernie Sanders in 2016. Fetterman countered that he has differences in policy proposals with Sanders in issues such as fracking. [259] [260]
Fetterman's refusal to debate Oz until late October was criticized by Oz's campaign. [261] [262] Fetterman attributed the delay in debating to lingering issues from his stroke and his team criticized debate concessions from Oz's team for allegedly mocking Fetterman's stroke recovery. [263] [264] A single debate was held on October 25. [263]
On August 15, 2022, an April 2022 campaign video of Oz shopping in a Redner's Warehouse supermarket went viral. [265] In the video, Oz says he is shopping for produce to make crudités and attributes the high prices to Democratic president Joe Biden.
The video was widely ridiculed on social media and was the subject of several news articles. Most observers focused on Oz's usage of the French term "crudités", his choice of items, and several factual errors; Fetterman himself replied saying that Pennsylvanians refer to crudités as "veggie trays". [266] [267] Oz's choice of a raw head of broccoli, asparagus, and multiple pounds of carrots, with guacamole and salsa, was criticized as wrong by some. [268] Others expressed confusion at Oz's statement that the $20 cost of the vegetables and dips "doesn't even include the tequila", as tequila is not a traditional accompaniment to crudités and liquor is not sold in grocery stores in Pennsylvania. [266] Many observers noted Oz quoted the wrong price tag for the salsa and falsely suggested the broccoli was $2 per head when it was $2 per pound. [269]
The number of internet searches for crudités dramatically increased in the aftermath of the video's circulation. Oz appearing to confuse the Redner's and Wegmans supermarket chains led to the name "Wegner's" trending on Twitter and a parody Twitter account called "Wegner's Groceries" gaining popularity. [266] The Fetterman campaign sought to capitalize on the video by introducing merchandise referencing it. [270] When asked if the video made him unrelatable to voters, Oz emphasized he helped others throughout his career and would continue to help if elected. [271]
In the October 25 debate, a special arrangement of transcription monitors was put in place to assist Fetterman with his auditory processing issue. According to the Associated Press, Fetterman "struggled at times to explain his positions and often spoke haltingly", with Fetterman facing issues completing sentences and frequently pausing after questions were asked. Oz was described as being "more at home on the debate stage" and presented himself as a moderate Republican, and did not reference Fetterman's health condition. Independent health experts said that Fetterman was recovering "remarkably well". [272] Fetterman particularly struggled answering a question regarding his previous opposition to fracking by stating he always supported fracking, while Oz answered a question on abortion by saying that the federal government should have no role in states' abortion decisions, instead leaving abortion decisions to "women, doctors, [and] local political leaders". [273] [274] [275] [276]
According to Politico and The Guardian , Fetterman "struggled" during the debate, and some Democrats questioned why he chose to debate at all. [277] [278] After the debate, the Fetterman campaign claimed that the closed captioning system provided by Nexstar Media Group gave incorrect and slow captions. Nexstar denied the claims, arguing the captioning "worked as expected" and that the Fetterman team had had the opportunity for two rehearsals with the equipment and opted to only do one. [279]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [280] | Tossup | October 4, 2022 |
Inside Elections [281] | Tossup | August 25, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [282] | Lean R | November 7, 2022 |
Politico [283] | Tossup | June 8, 2022 |
RCP [284] | Tossup | August 14, 2022 |
Fox News [285] | Tossup | October 25, 2022 |
DDHQ [286] | Tossup | October 15, 2022 |
538 [287] | Tossup | November 7, 2022 |
The Economist [288] | Tossup | November 1, 2022 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
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1 | Oct. 25, 2022 | Nexstar/WHTM-TV | Dennis Owens Lisa Sylvester | YouTube | P | P |
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Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Mehmet Oz (R) | John Fetterman (D) | Other [b] | Margin |
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Real Clear Politics [407] | October 24 – November 3, 2022 | November 7, 2022 | 47.2% | 46.8% | 6.0% | Oz +0.4% |
FiveThirtyEight [408] | December 3, 2021 – November 7, 2022 | November 7, 2022 | 47.4% | 46.9% | 5.7% | Oz +0.5% |
270towin [409] | November 3–4, 2022 | November 4, 2022 | 46.8% | 46.5% | 6.7% | Oz +0.3% |
Average | 47.1% | 46.7% | 6.2% | Oz +0.4% |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Mehmet Oz (R) | John Fetterman (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Research Co. [410] | November 4–6, 2022 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 46% | 47% | 2% [ad] | 5% |
Targoz Market Research [411] | November 2–6, 2022 | 631 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 51% | 46% | 3% [ae] | – |
InsiderAdvantage (R) [412] | November 3, 2022 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 46% | 4% [af] | 3% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) [413] | November 1–3, 2022 | 1,097 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 48% | 46% | 3% | 4% |
Remington Research Group (R) [414] | November 1–2, 2022 | 1,180 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 47% | 44% | 4% [ag] | 5% |
Marist College [415] | October 31 – November 2, 2022 | 1,152 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 44% | 50% | 1% [ah] | 5% |
1,021 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 51% | 1% [ah] | 4% | ||
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) [416] | October 28 – November 1, 2022 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 48% | 47% | 2% [ai] | 4% |
Emerson College [417] | October 28–31, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 48% | 46% | 3% [aj] | 4% |
48% | 47% | 4% [ak] | – | ||||
Suffolk University [418] | October 27–30, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 45% | 47% | 1% [al] | 7% |
Fox News [419] | October 26–30, 2022 | 1,005 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 42% | 45% | 6% [am] | 6% |
Big Data Poll (R) [420] | October 27–28, 2022 | 1,005 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 48% | 46% | 3% | 2% |
co/efficient (R) [421] | October 26–28, 2022 | 1,716 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 48% | 45% | 4% [an] | 2% |
Muhlenberg College [422] | October 24–28, 2022 | 460 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 47% | 47% | 3% [ao] | 2% |
Wick Insights (R) [423] | October 26–27, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 48% | 46% | 4% [an] | 3% |
InsiderAdvantage (R) [424] | October 26, 2022 | 750 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 48% | 45% | 4% [ap] | 4% |
Siena Research/NYT [425] | October 24–26, 2022 | 620 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 44% | 49% | <1% [aq] | 6% |
YouGov/CBS News [426] | October 21–24, 2022 | 1,084 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 49% | 51% | 1% [ar] | – |
Franklin & Marshall College [427] | October 14–23, 2022 | 620 (RV) | ± 5.3% | 40% | 45% | 4% [as] | 11% |
384 (LV) | ± 6.8% | 45% | 49% | – | – | ||
Rasmussen Reports (R) [428] | October 19–20, 2022 | 972 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 43% | 45% | 6% [at] | 6% |
Echelon Insights [429] | October 18–20, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.8% | 43% | 46% | 4% [au] | 7% |
InsiderAdvantage (R) [430] | October 19, 2022 | 550 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 46% | 46% | 3% [av] | 5% |
CNN/SSRS [431] | October 13–17, 2022 | 901 (RV) | ± 4.1% | 41% | 52% | 6% [aw] | – |
703 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 45% | 51% | 3% [ax] | – | ||
Wick Insights (R) [432] | October 8–14, 2022 | 1,013 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 49% | 45% | 3% [ay] | 3% |
Patriot Polling (R) [433] | October 10–12, 2022 | 857 (RV) | – | 48% | 46% | – | 7% |
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D) [434] | October 4–12, 2022 | 1,400 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 46% | 48% | 2% [az] | 4% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) [435] [H] | October 8–11, 2022 | 1,078 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 45% | 47% | 4% [ba] | 4% |
Center Street PAC (D) [436] [I] | September 29–30, 2022 | 971 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 34% | 50% | – | 16% |
568 (LV) | 36% | 55% | – | 9% | |||
Suffolk University [437] | September 27–30, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 40% | 46% | 3% [bb] | 11% |
Emerson College [438] | September 23–26, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 43% | 45% | 5% [bc] | 8% |
Fox News [439] | September 22–26, 2022 | 1,008 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 41% | 45% | 7% [bd] | 7% |
827 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 44% | 48% | 3% [be] | 5% | ||
Franklin & Marshall College [440] | September 19–25, 2022 | 517 (RV) | ± 5.6% | 42% | 45% | – | 13% |
InsiderAdvantage (R) [441] | September 23–24, 2022 | 550 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 42% | 45% | 6% [bf] | 8% |
Marist College [442] | September 19–22, 2022 | 1,242 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 41% | 51% | <1% [bg] | 7% |
1,043 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 44% | 51% | – | 4% | ||
The Phillips Academy Poll [443] | September 16–19, 2022 | 759 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 45% | 47% | – | 9% |
Muhlenberg College [444] | September 13–16, 2022 | 420 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 44% | 49% | 5% [bh] | 2% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) [445] | September 13–15, 2022 | 1,078 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 46% | 48% | 4% [bi] | 2% |
YouGov/CBS News [446] | September 6–12, 2022 | 1,194 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 47% | 52% | – | 1% |
Echelon Insights [447] | August 31 – September 7, 2022 | 828 (RV) | ± 4.1% | 36% | 57% | – | 7% |
RABA Research [448] | August 31 – September 3, 2022 | 679 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 40% | 49% | 3% [ay] | 8% |
Kurt Jetta (D) [449] [I] | August 31 – September 1, 2022 | 1,012 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 33% | 51% | – | 15% |
616 (LV) | 36% | 55% | – | 9% | |||
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) [450] | August 22–29, 2022 | 718 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 44% | 49% | 2% | 5% |
Emerson College [451] | August 22–23, 2022 | 1,034 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 44% | 48% | 3% | 5% |
Franklin & Marshall College [452] | August 15–21, 2022 | 522 (RV) | ± 5.3% | 36% | 45% | 9% [bj] | 10% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) [453] | August 15–18, 2022 | 1,096 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 44% | 48% | 4% [bk] | 5% |
Public Opinion Strategies (R) [454] | August 7–10, 2022 | 600 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 36% | 52% | – | 11% |
Kurt Jetta (D) [455] [I] | July 29 – August 1, 2022 | 1,206 (A) | ± 2.8% | 30% | 47% | – | 23% |
997 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 32% | 48% | – | 20% | ||
516 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 38% | 52% | – | 10% | ||
Fox News [456] | July 22–26, 2022 | 908 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 36% | 47% | 5% [bl] | 11% |
PEM Management Corporation (R) [457] [J] | July 22–24, 2022 | 300 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 38% | 44% | 4% | 15% |
Blueprint Polling (D) [458] | July 19–21, 2022 | 712 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 40% | 49% | – | 12% |
Beacon Research (D) [459] [K] | July 5–20, 2022 | 1,012 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 34% | 47% | 1% | 13% |
609 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 39% | 50% | 2% | 9% | ||
Global Strategy Group (D) [460] [L] | July 14–19, 2022 | 1,200 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 40% | 51% | – | 9% |
Fabrizio Ward (R)/Impact Research (D) [461] | June 12–19, 2022 | 1,382 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 44% | 50% | – | 6% |
Cygnal (R) [462] | June 16–17, 2022 | 535 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 44% | 48% | – | 8% |
Suffolk University [463] | June 10–13, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 37% | 46% | 3% [bm] | 13% |
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) [450] | ~May 10, 2022 | – (LV) | – | 33% | 51% | – | 16% |
Data for Progress (D) [464] [E] | December 3–5, 2021 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 42% | 44% | – | 13% |
Jeff Bartos vs. John Fetterman
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Jeff Bartos (R) | John Fetterman (D) | Undecided |
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Garin-Hart-Yang (D) [465] [M] | May 10–19, 2021 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 36% | 45% | 19% |
Data for Progress (D) [466] [E] | May 7–14, 2021 | 310 (LV) | ± 5.6% | 38% | 48% | 14% |
Jeff Bartos vs. Conor Lamb
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Jeff Bartos (R) | Conor Lamb (D) | Undecided |
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Data for Progress (D) [466] [E] | May 7–14, 2021 | 341 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 42% | 43% | 15% |
Sean Parnell vs. John Fetterman
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Sean Parnell (R) | John Fetterman (D) | Undecided |
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Garin-Hart-Yang (D) [465] [M] | May 10–19, 2021 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 42% | 42% | 16% |
Data for Progress (D) [466] [E] | May 7–14, 2021 | 310 (LV) | ± 5.6% | 40% | 48% | 12% |
Sean Parnell vs. Conor Lamb
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [c] | Margin of error | Sean Parnell (R) | Conor Lamb (D) | Undecided |
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Data for Progress (D) [466] [E] | May 7–14, 2021 | 341 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 44% | 42% | 14% |
Fetterman won the election by 4.9 percentage points, and was declared the winner in the early hours of November 9. The early victory came as a shock to many pundits, as the race was expected to take several days to project a winner; [467] the race was one of the first signs of the coming Democratic overperformance relative to the final polls in the midterms writ large.[ citation needed ] Oz underperformed former Republican president Donald Trump's performance in the 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania by 3.7 percentage points, while overperforming Republican nominee Doug Mastriano in the concurrent gubernatorial race by 10 percentage points. As a result of this election, Democrats would be elected to both U.S. Senate seats from Pennsylvania for the first time since 1947, and from this seat since 1962. [bn] According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023, Fetterman won independent voters by double-digit margins, which contributed to Oz's defeat. [468]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Fetterman | 2,751,012 | 51.25% | +3.91% | |
Republican | Mehmet Oz | 2,487,260 | 46.33% | −2.44% | |
Libertarian | Erik Gerhardt | 72,887 | 1.36% | −2.53% | |
Green | Richard L. Weiss | 30,434 | 0.57% | N/A | |
Keystone | Dan Wassmer | 26,428 | 0.49% | N/A | |
Total votes | 5,368,021 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
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Fetterman won 10 of 17 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [471]
District | Oz | Fetterman | Representative |
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1st | 45% | 52% | Brian Fitzpatrick |
2nd | 26% | 72% | Brendan Boyle |
3rd | 8% | 90% | Dwight Evans |
4th | 38% | 60% | Madeleine Dean |
5th | 32% | 65% | Mary Gay Scanlon |
6th | 41% | 56% | Chrissy Houlahan |
7th | 46% | 51% | Susan Wild |
8th | 48% | 49% | Matt Cartwright |
9th | 63% | 33% | Dan Meuser |
10th | 49% | 48% | Scott Perry |
11th | 58% | 40% | Lloyd Smucker |
12th | 35% | 63% | Mike Doyle (117th Congress) |
Summer Lee (118th Congress) | |||
13th | 68% | 29% | John Joyce |
14th | 60% | 38% | Guy Reschenthaler |
15th | 64% | 33% | Glenn Thompson |
16th | 55% | 42% | Mike Kelly |
17th | 42% | 56% | Conor Lamb (117th Congress) |
Chris Deluzio (118th Congress) |
Voter demographic data for 2022 was collected by CNN. The voter survey is based on exit polls completed by 2,660 voters in person as well as by phone. [472]
Demographic subgroup | Fetterman | Oz | % of total vote |
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Ideology | |||
Liberals | 92 | 6 | 25 |
Moderates | 64 | 34 | 41 |
Conservatives | 9 | 91 | 34 |
Party | |||
Democrats | 94 | 5 | 37 |
Republicans | 10 | 90 | 40 |
Independents | 58 | 38 | 24 |
Gender | |||
Men | 44 | 54 | 50 |
Women | 57 | 41 | 50 |
Marital status | |||
Married | 47 | 53 | 64 |
Unmarried | 60 | 37 | 36 |
Gender by marital status | |||
Married men | 42 | 57 | 36 |
Married women | 52 | 48 | 28 |
Unmarried men | 52 | 43 | 14 |
Unmarried women | 65 | 34 | 21 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
White | 45 | 53 | 82 |
Black | 91 | 8 | 8 |
Latino | 68 | 30 | 8 |
White voters by gender | |||
White men | 39 | 59 | 41 |
White women | 51 | 48 | 40 |
Age | |||
18–24 years old | 72 | 25 | 7 |
25–29 years old | 68 | 31 | 5 |
30–39 years old | 60 | 37 | 13 |
40–49 years old | 50 | 49 | 11 |
50–64 years old | 45 | 54 | 29 |
65 and older | 46 | 53 | 34 |
2020 presidential vote | |||
Biden | 93 | 6 | 48 |
Trump | 8 | 92 | 45 |
First time midterm election voter | |||
Yes | 62 | 34 | 12 |
No | 49 | 50 | 88 |
Education | |||
Never attended college | 36 | 63 | 24 |
Some college education | 56 | 41 | 21 |
Associate degree | 48 | 49 | 14 |
Bachelor's degree | 52 | 47 | 23 |
Advanced degree | 66 | 32 | 18 |
Education by race | |||
White college graduates | 56 | 43 | 35 |
White no college degree | 38 | 60 | 47 |
Non-white college graduates | 74 | 25 | 6 |
Non-white no college degree | 79 | 20 | 12 |
Education by gender/race | |||
White women with college degrees | 62 | 37 | 17 |
White women without college degrees | 44 | 55 | 24 |
White men with college degrees | 50 | 49 | 18 |
White men without college degrees | 32 | 66 | 23 |
Non-white | 77 | 22 | 18 |
Issue regarded as most important | |||
Crime | 51 | 49 | 11 |
Abortion | 78 | 21 | 37 |
Inflation | 27 | 72 | 28 |
Feelings about Roe v. Wade being overturned | |||
Enthusiastic/satisfied | 10 | 89 | 38 |
Dissatisfied/angry | 79 | 19 | 59 |
Abortion should be | |||
Legal | 76 | 22 | 62 |
Illegal | 10 | 88 | 34 |
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Patty Kim, left, while endorsing Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman
Nanes shared with the crowd why he is supporting Shapiro, Davis and Fetterman.
Fetterman ... frequently had Franco Harris supporting his campaign
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