When they head to the polls this fall, six in 10 American voters, including right here in Pennsylvania, will have an election-denier on their ballot, according to an analysis by the politics data website FiveThirtyEight.
In Pennsylvania, home to marquee fights for the governor’s office and U.S. Senate, 10 Republicans, including GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, and most of the Republican members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have denied the validity of the 2020 election results that saw President Joe Biden beat former President Donald Trump, according to FiveThirtyEight’s analysis.
Mastriano, a state senator from Franklin County, has spread false claims of election fraud. He was at the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He was called before the U.S. House committee investigating the insurrection, but cut his interview short. He has since sued the special panel, contesting its legitimacy and arguing that it cannot compel him to testify.
He faces Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro, whose office defended the state in alleged cases of voter fraud.
Celebrity physician Mehmet Oz, the Republican contender for Pennsylvania’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race has “raised questions” about the results of the 2020 contest, according to FiveThirtyEight’s analysis.
Earlier this week, in an interview with Fox News, Oz, who has Trump’s endorsement, said he believes “lots more information” is needed to determine whether Trump won the 2020 election, Yahoo News...
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