This is true, however, Dr Azz had the money to campaign, but did very little until after Labor Day. Fetterman was pounding on Dr Azz in June, July and August, painting him as a carpetbagger and elitist. Dr Azz did nothing in response.
The campaign strategy was completely wrong...and nobody helped our candidates with this. When I brought this up on FR, I was told I don't know anything and nobody pays attention until after Labor Day.
That was true pre-2016. We cannot win if we fight the battle using tactics from the last decade that are now obsolete.
Therefore, by the time our candidates started campaigning, most of the mail-in-votes were already cast.
Why do you think after the Fetterman debate the #1 search on Google was "how do I change my vote"?
I understand PA politics very well. A candidate cannot depend on the state GOP for anything. You need a strategy in the face of voting-by-mail.
But that is all water under the bridge now. Shapiro and the Soros PA Supreme Court will make sure voting by mail is expanded and made easier.
In 2022 you had no cohesive leadership in PA to push the misfit and loser candidates out of the primary process.
I also think Mastriano was a major drag on the GOP ticket. He may have been the most awful candidate in the entire country during this election cycle. I was stunned to see him get even 40% of the vote.