The GOP primary is considered wide open after Trump-backed candidate Sean Parnell dropped out of the race after he lost custody of his children amid allegations of domestic abuse. The political environment in 2022 will likely be more favorable to Republicans. Pennsylvania backed President Joe Biden by a 1.2 percentage point margin to help to send him to the White House last year. To win back control of a Senate split 50-50 by party, the GOP may need to defend Toomey's seat in the battleground state.
Senate: to help fix the problems and to help us heal," he wrote. "During the pandemic, I learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions.
In it, Oz - who has faced criticism for promoting unproven or alternative medicine over the years - promoted himself as a steady hand to combat the coronavirus pandemic as he criticized policymakers' handling of the crisis. The television personality announced his candidacy in an op-ed in the conservative Washington Examiner on Tuesday.