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Jim Saksa

John Fetterman had a stroke, but have voters ever cared about a candidate’s health? - Roll Call

If voters like a politician — or dislike his opponent — does his health matter to them? What if they’re on the fence about whom to vote for?

Those are the questions Pennsylvanians might answer this November as Republican Mehmet Oz questions the fitness of his opponent in the Senate race, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who had a stroke in May.

When Fetterman returned to the campaign trail in August, he did so while still fighting off some lingering effects, including an auditory processing disorder that has made it difficult for him to understand some things said aloud to him.  

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