HARRISBURG, Pa. — The matchup is finally set: Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will face Republican Mehmet Oz in the November election, in what's expected to be one of the most-watched and expensive Senate races in U.S. history.
Political pundits and experts can only characterize the race as unprecedented and unpredictable. It won't compare to any race before, as both candidates try to paint themselves as political outsiders. A celebrity doctor and a progressive giant, both vying to win the open seat being vacated by Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey — and in turn, control the majority of the 50-50 U.S. Senate.
"It's going to be close, it's going to be intense and it's an important state," said Stephen Medvic, a political science and government professor at Franklin & Marshall College. "When you couple that with the gubernatorial race, all national political eyes are going to be on Pennsylvania the whole summer and fall."
