PHILADELPHIA — Mehmet Oz emerged as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania on Friday after GOP rival David McCormick conceded, ending weeks of intrigue in the closely contested race as a recount showed no signs of changing the outcome.
The decision, more than two weeks after the May 17 primary left the two candidates separated by fewer than 1,000 votes, allows the celebrity surgeon widely known as Dr. Oz to move forward as the undisputed GOP nominee. He can now fully launch his general election campaign as the Democratic candidate, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, remains sidelined by a stroke, with no clear timetable for returning to the campaign trail.
McCormick’s move ended an extraordinarily expensive and at-times bitter primary fight between two ultrawealthy opponents, one that rumbled on in legal wrangling through this week.
