{"id":1470194,"date":"2022-05-10T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470194"},"modified":"2022-05-10T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:44:54","slug":"pro-trump-senate-candidate-outspent-358-1-on-the-rise-in-major-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-senate-candidate-outspent-358-1-on-the-rise-in-major-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump Senate Candidate Outspent 358-1 On The Rise In Major Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-trump-senate-candidate-outspent-358-1-on-the-rise-in-major-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1470194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Kathy Barnette, a candidate in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania\u2019s open Senate seat who was outspent 358-1, has become a major contender in the race with only a week left before election day.<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/senate\/pa\/pennsylvania_senate_republican_primary-7485.html#polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polling<\/a> has shown Barnette, who previously lost a House race in the Philadelphia suburbs, closing in on former Bridgewater Associates CEO David McCormick and former talk show host Mehmet Oz. Barnette beat McCormick by 1 point and only trailed Oz by 2 points in a Trafalgar Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TRF-PA-GOP-Sen-Primary-0508-Poll-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> released in May.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick and Oz have spent $11.4 million and $12.4 million, respectively, on television ads, while Barnette has only spent $137,000, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/10\/kathy-barnette-pennsylvania-senate-gop-primary-00031262?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0b34fe84-ed71-4a96-9b4b-77a80cb8363b&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. While she is considered to be part of the MAGA-wing, she is not backed by Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/09\/donald-trump-endorses-mehmet-oz-pennsylvania-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed Oz<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarnette\u2019s apparent rise is surprising just because of the lack of notoriety or resources compared to some of the other candidates in that race,\u201d Brian Nutt, a Pennsylvania-based Republican strategist, told Politico. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/pivotal-primary-races-2022-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here Are The 12 Pivotal Primary Races Of 2022)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How do you eat an elephant?<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, to course correct our country is not a sprint, it\u2019s a marathon\u2026 but these next 7 days is certainly a sprint to the finish!<\/p>\n<p>Are you with us, Pennsylvania?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Barnette (@Kathy4Truth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kathy4Truth\/status\/1524046603404808193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re spending $50 million on ads. That is their campaign,\u201d Barnette told Politico of her competitors. \u201cUnless there\u2019s some high-falutin\u2019 press conference or debates or events to go to, it\u2019s overwhelmingly on television. And it\u2019s these plastic, little run-of-the-mill political ads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barnette, whose mother gave birth to her at the age of 12 after being raped, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=z6xtY5AnJk8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ardently pro-life<\/a>. She passionately spoke about her backstory and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/09\/suburban-women-economy-jobs-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stance on abortion<\/a> at the final debate before the May 17 primary, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/05\/gop-senate-hopeful-kathy-barnette-reveals-she-is-a-product-of-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not just a lump of cells, as you can see, I\u2019m still not just a lump of cells,\u201d she said, the NYP reported. She went after Oz, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/13\/laura-ingraham-trump-hannity-endorsement-dr-oz-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously said<\/a> a fetal heart is not beating at six weeks gestation on the issue, during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am wondering if the good doctor has now since changed his position on that. My life is valuable and so are the many lives that find themselves in the womb of their mother, whether in the womb or toward the end of that life,\u201d she said, the NYP reported.<\/p>\n<p>Barnette\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy Barnette, a candidate in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania\u2019s open Senate seat who was outspent 358-1, has become a major contender in the race with only a week left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":1482319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}