The Democrats won the Senate seat for Pennsylvania with their candidate John Fetterman beating the Republican candidate, the Turkish TV doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz.
CNN PROJECTION: Democrat John Fetterman defeats Republican Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race, flipping a seat for Democrats https://t.co/6MHAK1ZAxk pic.twitter.com/rJfCxnAbZL
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 9, 2022
BREAKING: In the Pennsylvania Senate race, Democrat John Fetterman will win, @ABC News projects. It’s a flip for Democrats. https://t.co/I87ylasYWs #Election2022 pic.twitter.com/RWvrHBsQu9
— ABC News (@ABC) November 9, 2022
This victory could prove decisive for control of the Senate as the counting of votes in the US midterm elections is underway.
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With 90% of the votes counted, American media announced that Fetterman will be the winner in the Pennsylvania battle with the Democratic candidate making statements about his great victory.
Oz, a celebrity with close ties to the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had poured millions of dollars into the campaign, but he trailed Fetterman in the polls throughout the campaign, even as his Democratic opponent was out due to a stoke.
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