Unless either Dr. Mehmet Oz or David McCormick pulls out a miracle between today and Tuesday evening, just over 20% of the Republican primary electorate is going to nominate Kathy Barnette for U.S. Senate.
This would mark the first time in modern Pennsylvania Republican primary history that such a complete unknown wins with no statewide infrastructure to support her candidacy, zero money, and little scrutiny.
So outside of the collapse of the state party, how did Republicans get here? In short, what is wrong with Pennsylvania GOP voters? Do they not want to win in November? The answer is complicated.
First, the top two candidates, Oz and McCormick, spent way too much time going negative on each other when neither man had an established base in Pennsylvania.
One grassroots voter who admitted she would be happy with either Oz or McCormick said to me of some of her fellow Republicans, "No one cares about winning in the fall, they just want to win their little battles, they have a list of grievances they feel entitled to, and damn the torpedoes."
On Thursday, Barnette insisted to a reporter that she voted in Pennsylvania in 2016 for Donald Trump.
Between her lack of vetting and her close ties to Mastriano, Republicans stand to lose a winnable U.S. Senate race and governor's race in 2022.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/whats-the-matter-with-pennsylvania
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