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Kathy Barnette appears to have come in third place.

Voters nominate Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s governor race, but congressman Madison Cawthorn ousted in North Carolina

Barnette's sudden rise panicked Republican operatives.

WASHINGTON — Kathy Barnette, who has taken Republican leaders by surprise with her late break run toward the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, said she would not support Mitch McConnell to lead her party if she makes it to Washington.

Hypothesizing that if Republicans lose Pennsylvania this November, they'll "lose the country," U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, in a visit to Carnegie on Thursday night, said Senate candidate Dave McCormick won't just win the general election if he's the GOP's nominee, but he'll govern as a true conservative in Washington.

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. — As momentum lifts Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Kathy Barnette, there is also the swirling controversy and the questions about who she is — and about her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.

The ad will begin airing on TV on Monday — the last week before the Pennsylvania primary on May 17.

While Republicans remain split over their own candidates, more than half of all the registered Democratic voters who were surveyed by Franklin and Marshall College in late April said they plan to vote for John Fetterman in the U.S. Senate primary, according to a poll released Thursday.

GROVE CITY, Pa. — From the grandiose auditorium on the campus of Grove City College about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, the five leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania — Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO Dave McCormick included — debated on Wednesday evening.

PITTSBURGH — As if it wasn’t important enough already, the 2022 midterm election cycle in Pennsylvania — a state whose Democratic governor has vowed for years to veto any bills limiting abortion access — took on new meaning overnight, candidates on both sides of the aisle said late Monday and…

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