A great triumph. Democrats won a potentially decisive seat for control of the Senate on Wednesday morning, with John Fetterman’s victory in Pennsylvania against a Trump candidate, according to US channels Fox News and NBC.
A bald behemoth weakened by a stroke in May, John Fetterman faced superstar surgeon Mehmet Oz in one of the most scrutinized duels of the midterm elections.
“We took a gamble on the people of Pennsylvania, and they did not disappoint. And I will not let you down,” the Democrat immediately reacted, thanking voters.
closed duel
Long at the head of the polls, John Fetterman had seen his lead melt away in recent weeks, until the race became too close to name a favourite.
His campaign was hampered by his stroke and questions about his abilities, especially after a television interview in which he used a teleprompter to read out questions put to him due to hearing problems.
John Fetterman was at the side of Mehmet Oz, for a long time at the head of a very popular medical program. The two men have clashed a lot over the months with killer phrases and “memes”, those deviant images that delight social networks.
The seat, until now held by a Republican, could be decisive for control of the upper house and therefore for the rest of Joe Biden’s term.
The ‘coolest’ mayor in the country
A native of Pennsylvania, John Fetterman was mayor from 2006 to 2019 of Braddock, an old industrial city that fell into disrepair with the decline of steel production, whose ZIP code is tattooed on his arm.
The shaven-headed progressive, who has been called the “coolest” mayor in the country, has tried to revive the city with youth relief programs and green space.
His opponents accuse him of giving himself the air of a man of the people with his eternal sweatshirts, he who admits having grown up in a fairly wealthy family and who has a diploma from the prestigious Harvard University.
He claims to have tackled crime during his tenure at Braddock, flattering himself that over a period of five and a half years, no shooting deaths have been recorded there.
John Fetterman says he wants to stand up to the “greed” of big business and make them pay their “fair share”, supports universal health coverage and the legalization of cannabis and defends the “non-negotiable” right to abortion.
Source: BFM TV
