Mehmet Oz has gone dark on TV since he won Pennsylvania's Senate primary, and he's trailing in the polls. The shaky start to his general election campaign after a hard-fought primary is prompting finger-pointing among Republicans.
Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz greets supporters after the primary race resulted in an automatic re-count due to close results on May 17, 2022, in Newtown, Pa. | Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesPHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz is trailing in polls. A key Republican has yet to endorse him since the celebrity doctor won the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania Senate more than a month ago.
Some GOP donors have urged Oz, a multimillionaire, to contribute more of his own money to jump-start his general election campaign, according to two people familiar with their conversations. Oz loaned himself more than $12 million in the primary, according to the most recent campaign finance filings.
But some in the GOP are worried that Oz is wasting time that he should be spending making a positive case for himself on the airwaves, especially after a bruising primary in which his opponents spent tens of millions of dollars in commercials going after him. Oz’s unfavorable rating is 50 percent, while 28 percent view him favorably, according to the Suffolk poll. Fetterman’s favorable-unfavorable rating, by contrast, is 45-27.
A source close to the campaign added that Oz was on TV as early as November: “I don’t think anyone expected them to be up for 12 months straight.” Oz has taken several steps to unite the party. He has spoken to McCormick several times after the primary, and McCormick has donated the maximum allowed under law to Oz, according to a person familiar with the contribution. The two are expected to appear at an event together soon. Oz also made real estate developer Jeff Bartos, another former opponent, his campaign co-chair. Carla Sands, yet another ex-candidate who ran against Oz, spoke at a recent event.
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