Democrats lose ground in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Senate races

Democrats are dropping floor within the polls for 2 key Senate races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, providing a glimmer of hope to Republicans who’re looking for to win management of the higher chamber in November.

Regardless of as soon as holding a double-digit lead over Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fetterman’s lead has shrunk to a low single-digit lead in no less than three public polls launched over the past week. The race to switch retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) has develop into one of the vital high-profile Senate races of the midterm cycle because the winner is probably going to assist decide which get together features management of Congress.

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Fetterman has been knocked on a few of his extra progressive prison justice insurance policies in latest weeks, with Republicans accusing the Democratic lieutenant governor of being too delicate on crime. In his place because the chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, the variety of inmates who had been launched early from their life sentences has elevated considerably, prompting Republicans to criticize him for contributing to an increase in crime.

Fetterman’s marketing campaign has defended his insurance policies, explaining in a brand new advert that he “gave a second probability to those that deserve it: nonviolent offenders, marijuana customers. … John Fetterman has the braveness to do what’s proper.”

In the meantime, Sen. Ron Johnson (R) in Wisconsin has pulled forward of Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes within the polls, main by 5 factors in a brand new AARP ballot. Different polls have discovered comparable leads, with a latest Fox Information survey discovering that 44% of Wisconsin voters take into account Barnes to be “too excessive.”

Barnes has additionally been a goal of soft-on-crime assaults, with Republicans focusing on his proposal to remove money bail nationally.

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“This race is neck and neck regardless of Ron Johnson and his dark-money donors spending hundreds of thousands on a smear marketing campaign towards Mandela Barnes,” Barnes spokesman Maddy McDaniel stated in a press release. “The GOP’s fear-mongering playbook failed them final cycle and it’ll fail once more this cycle.”

The latest polling exhibits an indication of energy for Republicans within the two battleground states because the GOP seeks to realize management of Congress subsequent month. If the get together is ready to maintain each Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in November, Republicans solely have to flip one Senate seat from Democrats with a view to win the bulk.