Pennsylvania reported more than 2,000 new daily cases on Thursday, the highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, caused in part by delayed test results.
And, Pennsylvania is averaging the most new cases a day since the middle of April as a resurgence of the virus across the commonwealth shows no signs of slowing.
Van Drew has been a fixture of South Jersey politics for decades. But now he's trying to do something he’s never done before: win an election as a Republican.
Infections across the United States are also on the rise, with the biggest spikes occurring in the Midwest. Thirteen states are reporting test positivity rates above 10%.
In lieu of the second presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden will appear at a moderated town hall in Philadelphia on Oct. 15; President Trump, who has COVID-19, refused to debate virtually.
Toomey, a senator since 2011 and the most prominent Pennsylvania Republican in elected office, was widely expected to run for governor and to be the GOP favorite for that position.
“I guess he could die or something," one Trump supporter said of what it would take to separate him from the president. "I wouldn’t vote for him then.”
