<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1667669130458,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07af-de22-a173-2fff55eb0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1667669130458,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07af-de22-a173-2fff55eb0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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Oz leads Fetterman by 0.1 of a percentage point in the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
It’s the closest margin of any Senate race polling average measured by RCP heading into the final weekend of the midterm elections.
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Fetterman has trailed Oz in four of the five most recent polls, suggesting his momentum has stalled during the last stretch of the race. Questions about his cognitive abilities and flip-flopping on positions such as fracking have helped Oz capture much of the late-breaking undecided vote in Pennsylvania.
The next-tightest Senate race measured by the RCP average of polls is in Georgia, where Republican Herschel Walker holds a narrow 0.4-point lead over Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Then, in New Hampshire, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan finds herself in the third-tightest Senate contest as measured by RCP with her 0.8-point lead over Republican Don Bolduc.
Results in the Pennsylvania Senate race could take days to become clear.
Acting Pennsylvania Secretary of State Leigh Chapman has warned that the votes could take days to count due to the high volume of mail-in ballots cast and the fact that the state does not allow pre-canvassing. This means that election workers cannot start opening and counting mail-in ballots until the morning of Election Day.
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More than 1 million mail-in and absentee ballots had been returned in Pennsylvania as of Saturday afternoon. Recognizing the importance of the Pennsylvania Senate race in determining which party wins control of the upper chamber, both Republicans and Democrats have sent millions of dollars and their biggest stars to the state.
On Saturday, with three days left before Election Day, former President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden all descended on the state to boost the prospects of their respective candidates as the race remained a virtual tie.
