The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm is reassuring donors about physician Mehmet Oz’s lackluster performance, insisting there’s still a path to win the Senate majority. It just happens to be without Pennsylvania, the state where Oz is running
The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm is privately sounding the alarm about physician Mehmet Oz’s bid for the Senate in the critical battleground of Pennsylvania, while telling donors that the party still has a path to winning the majority without the state.
On the call, NRSC officials sought to calm nerves and assure financial backers that Republicans could still take back the Senate majority even without an Oz victory. The GOP only needs to unseat one Democrat this fall in order to win the Senate, which is currently split 50-50. “We have a path with Pennsylvania, and don’t worry, we have a path without Pennsylvania,” an NRSC official said on the mid-July call, according to another person who participated in the call.
Oz’s campaign has maintained that Fetterman has never faced sustained negative advertising, and even Democrats believe the race will tighten in the months ahead. And there are no signs that the NRSC is pulling out of Pennsylvania.. Sen., chair of the NRSC, has a good relationship with Oz and was a special guest for a fundraiser and dinner for Oz on Thursday in the Philadelphia area, according to sources.
The person on last week’s donor call likewise said there was also a “bit of consternation” about the fact that Oz has not contributed more of his own money to his general election campaign. Since launching a bid in the primary, Oz has loaned his campaign more than $14 million.
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