Kathy Barnette

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Pa Senate race: Kathy Barnette says she had a 'wonderful time' at ... (ABC27)

(The Hill) – GOP Pennsylvania Senate candidate Kathy Barnette said during a Monday interview on Fox News that she had a “wonderful time” in Washington on ...

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Photos of Senate candidate Kathy Barnette marching near Proud ... (GoErie.com)

Photos of Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette marching near Proud Boys members on Jan. 6 has some more concerned over electability.

Jeff Bartos, a developer from Montgomery County, is the only candidate among the seven who has said he would have certified the 2020 election results if he had been in office then. He was subpoenaed in March by the U.S. House committee investigating what led to Jan. 6. Jenna Ellis, a Trump attorney who worked to overturn election results, also appeared with Mastriano at his January announcement. "Any assertion that she participated in or supported the destruction of property is intentionally false," Barnette's campaign stated. Given Barnette and Mastriano's popularity despite their support of unfounded election fraud claims, the images of Barnette walking near Proud Boys members might not have any affect on voters when they go to the polls on Tuesday. A frontrunner in the Republican gubernatorial primary race, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, organized a hearing in Gettysburg a few weeks after the election to hear testimony from witnesses and Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani. The thread notes that the images do not show Barnette inside the Capitol Building. Most of the arrests related to the Capitol riots have involved people who went inside the building. While Pennsylvania generally only requires voters to show identification if voting at a polling place for the first time, election workers still have to confirm the person is registered in the state's voter rolls before they can cast a ballot. In a video posted to Barnette's YouTube page a few weeks after the 2020 Election, she alleged deceased voters, noncitizens and unregistered people cast ballots in the 4th District. Barnette's presence at the march isn't entirely a new revelation, as the candidate who recently surged in popularity in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has been outspoken on issues where election integrity is concerned. Prominent members of the Proud Boys and other far-right groups have faced conspiracy charges since the insurrection to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, an attempt to keep former President Donald Trump in power. NBC reporter Dasha Burns said in a Twitter thread Monday that Barnette's campaign responded to the images saying Barnette was in Washington that day to support Trump.

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Pennsylvania primary Senate race: High-stakes for GOP's Oz ... (NBC News)

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, ...

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. Lamb and Kenyatta have both criticized Fetterman for a 2013 incident in which he pulled a shotgun on a Black jogger after hearing what he thought was gunfire and detaining the man until police arrived. But it’s Pennsylvania — with its chaotic and Trumpy primaries and swing-state status — that is commanding most of the national attention. The jogger was unarmed. He’s puzzled others by calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a thug.” And several recent photos and videos have surfaced — in one Cawthorn is seen naked, gyrating on top of another man — that could wound him politically. The GOP Senate primary in North Carolina, where Republican incumbent Richard Burr is retiring, has particularly high stakes. Oz and McCormick quickly jumped into the race. Mastriano and Barnette, who have campaigned as a tandem, represent the party’s far-right flank. Oz has vowed to renounce his Turkish citizenship if he wins the Senate race. 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. He and former hedge fund manager Dave McCormick have bombarded the state’s airwaves with commercials. Trump, however, weighed in Saturday with a last-minute endorsement of Mastriano.

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Final Odds as Kathy Barnette Faces Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania ... (Newsweek)

Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz is still the favorite to win the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary despite a significant surge from rival Kathy ...

"It would be foolish to dismiss the crazy momentum that has shown up for Kathy Barnette," Newman said. However, the poll revealed support for Barnette had nearly doubled compared to March, where she was only polling at 9 percent. When asked if the Republican primary for the Pennsylvania Senate election was held "today," 28 percent said they would back Oz, with Barnette close behind in second place on 27 percent. There is no evidence Barnette was a part of the mob of Trump supporters who went on to storm the Capitol. According to Oddschecker, which aggregates betting odds from numerous sources, Oz has an implied 62.3 percent chance of victory, with Barnette given an implied 38.5 percent of winning the GOP Senate candidacy in Pennsylvania. Trump had said Monday that he didn't believe that Barnette could win the general election against "Radical Left Democrats."

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I'm Kathy Barnette and here's why I want Pennsylvania's vote (Fox News)

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate defends her presence by Capitol on January 6 on 'Special Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

Not only do I have a firm grasp on our own base, but I will be the only candidate who can go into every nook and cranny and take votes away from Fetterman in the general election in November. I never planned on running for political office. I never planned on running for political office. When my grandmother asked me to help her in the garden, I didn’t realize at the time that it was for our survival. It was never on my bucket list. But like many Pennsylvanians, I believe our country is in trouble.

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Kathy Barnette Can Win the PA Senate Seat | RealClearPolitics (RealClearPolitics)

Once polling over the last week showed Kathy Barnette had made a breathtaking rush to contention in Pennsylvania's Republican primary for an open U.S. ...

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Jan. 6 connection binds Pennsylvania Republicans (in a bad way) (MSNBC)

In Pennsylvania, a Republican candidate for governor, lieutenant governor, and Senate were all in the nation's capital for Jan. 6, 2021.

Kathy Barnette ... is marching among a crowd of former President Trump’s supporters, including at least one member of a violent, far-right group called the Proud Boys, according to two photos that have been verified by NBC News. The Republican staffer added, “I didn’t go inside. Mastriano has said he respected police lines and that he and his wife departed when it became clear the event was no longer peaceful.” Primary Day in Pennsylvania is today. What’s less clear is whether any of these revelations will help or hurt their respective campaigns. What much of the public may not fully appreciate, however, is that some of those images captured Republicans who are now seeking powerful government offices.

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Pennsylvania Primary 2022: Kathy Barnette votes in Huntingdon ... (WPVI-TV)

Eyes across the country are on the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pat Toomey.

Barnette has repeated false claims the 2020 election was stolen. "I'm feeling really good. Barnette has repeated false claims the 2020 election was stolen. "It's your civic duty. "I'm feeling really good. "I think it was always going to be a really high-profile race, and I always thought it was going to be close at the end, and part of the reason is that there's a huge part of the electorate that's undecided," said McCormick. I'm feeling really good that it's in the hands of Pennsylvanians," said Barnette on her way in to vote. Fetterman had a minor stroke on Friday and remains in the hospital, unable to attend his election night party in Pittsburgh. "It's your civic duty. "I think it was always going to be a really high-profile race, and I always thought it was going to be close at the end, and part of the reason is that there's a huge part of the electorate that's undecided," said McCormick. I'm feeling really good that it's in the hands of Pennsylvanians," said Barnette on her way in to vote. Fetterman had a minor stroke on Friday and remains in the hospital, unable to attend his election night party in Pittsburgh.

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2022 primaries: The statewide races to watch Tuesday (CBS News)

Pennsylvania's Senate GOP primary race Tuesday features a tight three-way battle between two wealthy candidates who fiercely batttled for Trump's ...

"He is a fighter like few others, and has been with me right from the beginning, and now I have an obligation to be with him." he said according to a video obtained by The New York Times. "I am very disappointed in the former president, because apparently the loyalty doesn't go as far as he says his loyalty does." Barletta and McSwain said at a recent debate that they would allow exceptions for abortion in the case of rape, incest or the mother's health. "In the end, it confirms so many people's suspicions that there is a political establishment that tries to pick winners and losers," Mastriano said. On the debate stage, Fetterman said that the people of Braddock knew his character and chose to reelect him after that happened. Pennsylvania is one of the only battleground Senate races that has a competitive primary on the Democratic side. And although Trump endorsed Oz, Barnette said at an April debate that Trump doesn't have a monopoly on the MAGA movement. In that interview, Oz said a fetus has "electrical changes at six weeks, but the heart's not beating." In his pitch to voters at the last debate, McCormick highlighted his childhood roots in Pennsylvania and said he's been "'America first' my entire life." "Dr. Oz is the only one who will be able to easily defeat the Crazed, Lunatic Democrat in Pennsylvania," Trump said. In his final debate remarks, Oz said Trump picked him because "he felt I was the most capable of doing what we have to do as a party: carry populations that have forgotten about us." "He may be a nice guy, but he's not MAGA," Trump said at the rally.

PolitiFact - Senate hopeful Kathy Barnette criticized Trump until he ... (PolitiFact)

Barnette attacked Trump during his run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, but became a supporter after he won the nomination. See the sources for ...

Barnette’s campaign responded by saying Barnette "was in D.C. to support President Trump and demand election accountability." Trump is "an extraordinary man with amazing stamina and broad shoulders capable of carrying the weight of his office," she wrote. "Who’s less electable with those numbers?" We did not find evidence she’s criticized him directly since, and she supported his re-election campaign in 2020. Twitter, Kathy Barnette tweet, Sept. 26, 2015 I believe there are legitimate concerns about what took place during the election of 2020." Twitter, Kathy Barnette tweet, Sept. 26, 2015 The article also noted that Barnette wrote in her 2020 book, "Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America," that Trump was her least favorite Republican presidential candidate in 2016. Twitter, Kathy Barnette tweet, Sept. 26, 2015 16 on my preferred list," she wrote. We did not reach Our American Century, a conservative PAC based in McLean, Virginia, that provides no contact information on its website. Barnette wrote that historically low Black unemployment was the result of Trump’s "proactive support for Black communities."

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Photos of Senate candidate Kathy Barnette marching near Proud ... (Pocono Record)

Photos of Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette marching near Proud Boys members on Jan. 6 has some more concerned over electability.

Jeff Bartos, a developer from Montgomery County, is the only candidate among the seven who has said he would have certified the 2020 election results if he had been in office then. He was subpoenaed in March by the U.S. House committee investigating what led to Jan. 6. Jenna Ellis, a Trump attorney who worked to overturn election results, also appeared with Mastriano at his January announcement. "Any assertion that she participated in or supported the destruction of property is intentionally false," Barnette's campaign stated. Given Barnette and Mastriano's popularity despite their support of unfounded election fraud claims, the images of Barnette walking near Proud Boys members might not have any affect on voters when they go to the polls on Tuesday. A frontrunner in the Republican gubernatorial primary race, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, organized a hearing in Gettysburg a few weeks after the election to hear testimony from witnesses and Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani. The thread notes that the images do not show Barnette inside the Capitol Building. Most of the arrests related to the Capitol riots have involved people who went inside the building. While Pennsylvania generally only requires voters to show identification if voting at a polling place for the first time, election workers still have to confirm the person is registered in the state's voter rolls before they can cast a ballot. In a video posted to Barnette's YouTube page a few weeks after the 2020 Election, she alleged deceased voters, noncitizens and unregistered people cast ballots in the 4th District. Barnette's presence at the march isn't entirely a new revelation, as the candidate who recently surged in popularity in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey has been outspoken on issues where election integrity is concerned. Prominent members of the Proud Boys and other far-right groups have faced conspiracy charges since the insurrection to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, an attempt to keep former President Donald Trump in power. NBC reporter Dasha Burns said in a Twitter thread Monday that Barnette's campaign responded to the images saying Barnette was in Washington that day to support Trump.

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