PENNSBURG, Pa.—In one of the nation’s most-watched contests this election season, Pennsylvania’s two candidates for the U.S. Senate held Election Eve rallies to “get out the vote” at opposite ends of the state—symbolic of how far apart they feel in the current political environment.
During his final campaign stop before the Nov. 8 general election, Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and his supporters underscored the contrast between his vision for America’s future and that of his Democratic opponent John Fetterman.
Both camps see voter turnout as key, considering that pre-election polls showed the two candidates in a statistical dead heat.
Oz said that Fetterman, current lieutenant governor and former mayor of a small town, takes too many “extreme radical positions,” including legalizing drugs and pardoning criminals with violent records.
In contrast, Oz said a police union voted unanimously to support him, demonstrating confidence in his commitment to support professional crimefighters.
“There’s no greater example of two people that different, running for the Senate,” Oz declared to about 1,500 supporters who gathered in the chilly weather under a full moon.
The crowd filled a fenced-in area to capacity at the Haines Estate, a historic property in a rural section of Montgomery County, in the eastern Pennsylvania community where Oz lives.
Members of the Hindu community have embraced Oz, says Yagnesh Choski, 69, of Bensalem. President of the South Asian Republican Coalition, Choski is a native of India who came with about 25 other Hindu men carrying signs in support of Oz and former President Donald Trump. Some carried signs saying, “Hindus Love Trump’s Economic Miracle” and “Hindus (Heart) Trump.”
