Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has defeated Republican candidate Mehmet Oz
flipping the seat currently held by retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey into Democratic hands.
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Democratic office bearers are facing a tough race on other battlefields,
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winning Pennsylvania bolsters the party’s hopes to hold on to their no-room-for-error 50-50 majority for another two years.
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The projected decision dealt another blow to Trump, who backed Oz in a tough GOP primary election and campaigned for him in general.
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With 90% of the vote counted, Fetterman led Oz 49.4% to 48.1%, a margin of about 66,000 votes, according to NBC
Fetterman will succeed retiring GOP Sen. Pat Tomei, moving a Republican-held Senate seat into Democratic hands.
“It is officially. I will be the next US Senator from Pennsylvania,” Fetterman tweeted early Wednesday morning.
"We bet on the people of Pennsylvania - and you didn't let us down," Fetterman's tweet said.
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Oz, a celebrity doctor who had invested millions of dollars of his own money in his first campaign for elected office
trailed Fetterman in the polls throughout the race
even after a stroke took the Democratic nominee off the trail for three months.
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Oz had struggled to shake off accusations of being an out-of-touch carpetbagger with little connection to the Keystone State.