Just weeks after Dr. Oz announced he’ll be running for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, he has already reportedly put nearly $4 million behind TV ads.
This is a huge buy that could have a major impact on top of his name recognition and Senate Republicans’ war chest. If Dr. Oz is elected, he could hand Republicans the tie-breaking vote to pass their anti-science agenda through the U.S. Senate.
Senate Republicans already have over $30 million in the bank that they will be able to spend to boost candidates like Dr. Oz, and he’s made millions from his TV career he can turn to as well. That puts him at a major cash advantage. We’ll lose a huge path to defending our razor-thin Senate majority if we let Republicans run away with this race.
We need to meet our crucial end-of-year goal to make sure we can fight back, which is why we’re asking: