Mehmet Oz

Dr. Mehmet Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman on daytime TV. Now, as the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, he’s trying to leverage his celebrity to help win the closely contested race on Election Day.

In an effort to address ongoing political attacks on his health, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman released a letter from his doctor Wednesday saying that he was healthy enough to serve in the Senate.

Dr. Mehmet Oz has built a career out of leveraging his credentials as a physician. As he pushes forward in his bid for U.S. Senate, others in his profession are pushing back.

Fetterman’s campaign received more than $22 million in contributions from July to September, while Oz received less than $9 million, according to new campaign-finance reports filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission.

Gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund says it will spend $1 million to place a new ad on TV and online in the Pittsburgh market, blasting Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano for his ties to the social media site Gab.

Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race.

The candidates for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate Seat, including John Fetterman (Democrat), Dr. Mehmet Oz (Republican), Erik Gerhardt (Libertarian), Ron Johnson (Constitution), Dan Wassmer (Keystone), and Richard Weiss (Green) weigh in on top issues for the 2022 election.

As polls have tightened in the race for the U.S. Senate, Democrat John Fetterman’s campaign has tried to turn the attack back on his opponent, Republican Mehmet Oz. On Thursday, it also brought reinforcements in the form of Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown to stump for Fetterman in Western Pennsylvania.

A dramatic family fight has clouded the GOP’s hopes in Georgia’s high-stakes Senate contest. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is drawing criticism from his own son as Walker denies a report that he paid for a girlfriend’s abortion.

Crime rates in Braddock resist the kind of easy narrative that makes for TV shows or the political ads that appear during commercial breaks. And while former Mayor John Fetterman gets credit from many residents for his hands-on approach to community issues, experts say crime rates are driven by a complicated array of factors that can leave any mayor feeling like a bit player.