PHILADELPHIA — Maybe money really can’t buy everything.
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette now appears to be running neck-and-neck with the two big-spending front-runners, Mehmet Oz and David McCormick, just days before the May 17 primary, according to a new poll.
Barnette, a conservative commentator who has run a tireless campaign on a shoestring budget, had the support of 23.2% of likely GOP voters in the survey released late Sunday by the Republican Trafalgar Group. That put her right alongside Oz (24.5%) and McCormick (21.6%). Factoring in a margin of error of 3 percentage points, the poll suggests the candidates are effectively tied.
New #PASen @trafalgar_group #GOP primary #poll (5/6-8) shows tight 3-way race for the top #PApol
— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) May 9, 2022
24.5% @DrOz
23.2% @Kathy4Truth
21.6% @DaveMcCormickPA
7.2% @Jeff_Bartos
6.5% @CarlaHSands
1.1% Sean Gale
0.8% @BochettoForPA
15.1% Und
See Report: https://t.co/lqmRzZ0UIb pic.twitter.com/4RVsFJaBsS
The results are similar to a Trafalgar poll in April, adding to the the evidence that Barnette has emerged as the likely alternative to her ultra-wealthy rivals Oz and McCormick. Despite each of them spending more than $11 million apiece from their own pockets, neither has been able to run away with the race.
