Oz Drawing Closer To Fetterman In U.S. Senate Race: Polls

PENNSYLVANIA — The increasingly heated U.S. Senate race between Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman and celebrity Doctor Mehmet Oz appears to be tightening, according to recent polling.

A USA Today-Suffolk University poll released Tuesday had Fetterman leading Oz 46 percent to 40 percent. Fetterman had a nine-point lead over Oz, 46 percent to 37 percent, in a poll the newspaper and university teamed on in June.

Some other examples:

• The latest Emerson College-The Hill poll indicated that Fetterman's four-point lead over Oz last month has shrunk to two points. Fetterman now leads Oz 45 percent to 43 percent, with eight percent undecided and five percent planning to vote for someone else.

• The most recent Fox News poll had Fetterman leading 48 percent to 44 percent.

• A Real Clear Politics average of several recent polls has Fetterman up by 4.3 percent.

Oz, who has been hammering Fetterman for allegedly being soft on crime, last week put up a billboard in Braddock, the small town just outside of Pittsburgh where Fetterman resides and was mayor from 2006 to 2019. The billboard compared Fetterman's record on crime to toilet paper: "soft on skin," and "soft on bottoms."

Fetterman's campaign released a commercial on Monday comparing Oz to Dr. Nick Riviera, the snake oil selling physician on the animated comedy series "TheSimpsons." The commercial was released following a story in TheWashington Post on Oz's frequent history of endorsing questionable products and medical treatments.

Fetterman and Oz are vying to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.

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