U.S. Senate candidates trade barbs, talk energy in Erie forum
After months of back-and-forth blows in commercials and campaign rallies, the two highest-polling Republican candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat appeared together for the first time at a candidate forum Wednesday morning.
David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who are running in the Republican primary for the Senate seat, were present in Erie for a forum hosted by the Manufacturer & Business Association, as were candidates Jeff Bartos and Kathy Barnette.
Although Oz and McCormick, in their first joint appearance, traded jabs nearly from the beginning, all four candidates focused on the importance of the energy industry, especially in Pennsylvania, and in particular resources such as Marcellus Shale natural gas reservoirs.
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