A surge, a stroke, and a late endorsement: Pa. primary voters head to polls after surprises

""I feel about Jan. 6 the way the left feels about the summer of 2020, when you have Black Lives Matter and Antifa and other groups out there looting and robbing and and everyone was calling it mostly peaceful protests," Barnette told NBC News in an interview this week."

"But Parnell dropped out last fall after losing a child custody dispute that included allegations -- which he denied -- of abuse."

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"And in the neighboring 7th district, national Democrats are backing moderate Rep. Kurt Schrader while the local party is supporting progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skier, arguing Schrader is not a real incumbent since the heavily redrawn district is now composed mostly of new voters."

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"And McCormick, whose hedge fund history clashed with Trump's economic nationalism and anti-China rhetoric, quickly surrounded himself with high-level veterans of the former president's White House administration and campaigns."

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"Trump inserted himself into the Senate race there early, endorsing Sean Parnell, an Army veteran and unsuccessful congressional candidate in 2020."

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"Budd also has the backing of the Club for Growth, a big-spending conservative group that split with Trump in this month's rowdy Senate primary in Ohio as well as in Pesylvania, where the group is behind Barnette."

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"Budd also has the backing of the Club for Growth, a big-spending conservative group that split with Trump in this month's rowdy Senate primary in Ohio as well as in Pesylvania, where the group is behind Barnette."

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"Budd also has the backing of the Club for Growth, a big-spending conservative group that split with Trump in this month's rowdy Senate primary in Ohio as well as in Pesylvania, where the group is behind Barnette."

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"In Idaho, Republican Gov. Brad Little has signed strict anti-abortion and anti-transgender measures into law, but is nonetheless facing a Trump-backed primary challenge from his own lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin, who has courted the far-right and been in a more or less open war with Little for years."

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"In Idaho, Republican Gov. Brad Little has signed strict anti-abortion and anti-transgender measures into law, but is nonetheless facing a Trump-backed primary challenge from his own lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin, who has courted the far-right and been in a more or less open war with Little for years."

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"After months of vitriol and tens of millions of dollars worth of TV ads, Pennsylvania's primaries for Senate and governor will be decided Tuesday, promising further clues about the future of the Republican Party and the strength of its leader, former President Donald Trump."

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"The GOP Senate primary in North Carolina, where Republican incumbent Richard Burr is retiring, has particularly high stakes."

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"The two parties have a 50/50 split in the chamber, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as a tie-breaking vote for Democrats."

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"Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is term-limited."

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"And he had two influential champions who helped him score Trump's endorsement: former first lady Melania Trump and Fox News host Sean Haity."

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"Trump, however, weighed in Saturday with a last-minute endorsement for Mastriano."

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"Trump has endorsed Rep. Ted Budd, who according to recent polls is far ahead of former Gov. Pat McCrory."

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"Trump has endorsed Rep. Ted Budd, who according to recent polls is far ahead of former Gov. Pat McCrory."

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"But polls have shown Kathy Barnette -- a conservative commentator who has spent far less money and would be the first woman and Black candidate to win a Senate seat in Pennsylvania -- surging late."

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"In the battle to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, Trump-backed Mehmet Oz, a celebrity physician known from his nationally syndicated daytime talk show, is locked in a three-way fight for the GOP nomination."

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"In the battle to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, Trump-backed Mehmet Oz, a celebrity physician known from his nationally syndicated daytime talk show, is locked in a three-way fight for the GOP nomination."

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"Both traveled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, to protest President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory over Trump."

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"Both traveled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, to protest President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory over Trump."

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"Mastriano and Barnette, who have campaigned as a tandem, represent the party's far-right flank."

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"In the GOP race for governor, Doug Mastriano has led in recent polls, while former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta has attempted to consolidate support among Republicans who worry that the state senator is too extreme to be elected this fall."

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"And Barnette's personal story -- she speaks often about how she was conceived when her mother, then 11 years old, was raped -- has resonated on the right at a time when the U.S. Supreme Court might soon overturn the constitutional right to an abortion."

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"On the Democratic side, the populist Fetterman has long been outpolling centrist U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, who would be the state's first openly gay and first Black senator."

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"But Cawthorn would need only a plurality to win in the crowded field."

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"Also in North Carolina, first-term Rep. Madison Cawthorn faces a tough GOP primary that could derail a career that once seemed in sync with Trumpism."

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"Fetterman has built a national profile through his support for legal marijuana and LGBTQ rights while eschewing labels like "progressive" and pushing back on comparisons with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the democratic socialist he has aligned with in the past."

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""I feel about Jan. 6 the way the left feels about the summer of 2020, when you have Black Lives Matter and Antifa and other groups out there looting and robbing and and everyone was calling it mostly peaceful protests," Barnette told NBC News in an interview this week."

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"McCormick's wife, Dina Powell, served in the Trump administration and was featured prominently in her husband's campaign ads."

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