“He tried to make a case for why he’s a resident of Pennsylvania,” the person said, “and that he’s been traveling around the state for the last couple years - I haven’t heard that - listening to people and seeing what the issues are.” One Republican who spoke to Oz in the last week said the celebrity doctor sought to tamp down concerns that he doesn’t live in the state. In advance of his launch, Oz made calls to top Republicans in Pennsylvania. He registered to vote in Pennsylvania soon after. Oz was previously a decadeslong resident of New Jersey, where he voted in October 2020. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for both medical and business school. According to his campaign, Oz has lived in Pennsylvania since December 2020, renting a home in Bryn Athyn owned by his wife’s family. One challenge that has already surfaced for Oz: Republicans are questioning whether, and for how long, he has been a resident of Pennsylvania, a famously parochial state. Pat Toomey’s retirement in Pennsylvania makes the open seat crucial for Republicans to defend in 2022 as they seek to take back the Senate majority. The former frontrunner’s departure from the race has scrambled the GOP primary, with Oz jumping in and other top candidates eyeing runs. Oz’s campaign launch comes a week after Sean Parnell, the GOP candidate who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, suspended his Senate campaign after losing legal custody of his children. Lowering drug prices, bringing back jobs from China and establishing a “secure border” are among the issues his campaign plans to champion, according to his website. They took away our freedom without making us safer, and tried to kill our spirit and our dignity.” “We lost too many lives, too many jobs and too many opportunities because Washington got it wrong. “Covid has shown us that our system is broken,” Oz said in the campaign ad. His 1 percentage point victory put the swing state back in Democratic hands after Trump won it even more narrowly in 2016.His opening ad, set to begin airing on television Friday, takes aim at the government’s response to Covid, a topic Oz has spoken about in interviews over the course of the pandemic. Hint: think midterm election.”Īs one of the nation’s biggest presidential electoral prizes, Pennsylvania put Democrat Joe Biden over the top in last year’s election. The announcement could come Tuesday night on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, which Hannity previewed by saying that Oz would appear on it and that “he has a huge announcement. Publicly, Oz has only said through a TV show spokesperson that he had received encouragement to run. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. One person was told by Oz directly, while the other was briefed on a separate conversation. Oz, 61, in recent days has told associates and Republicans in Pennsylvania of his plans, according to the two people who spoke to The Associated Press. Oz - a longtime New Jersey resident - would enter a Republican field that is resetting with an influx of candidates and a new opportunity to appeal to voters loyal to former President Donald Trump, now that the candidate endorsed by Trump has just exited the race. Kentucky bill aimed at decriminalizing marijuana
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