The Pennsylvania Senate race may actually be decided by an issue that ought to scare Democrats across the nation. A surge in crime, and murder in particular, has become impossible to ignore—and Oz’s opponent, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, has embraced the cause of releasing murderers from prison.

Oz has suffered from the heightened scrutiny of a general election race, but so has Fetterman. Since suffering a stroke in May, concerns about the latter’s fitness for office have arisen. He has limited public appearances and sometimes appears unable to complete his sentences when he does go out. The fact that he was supported by his wealthy parents for most of his life, and that the small town where he was mayor was not the success story that he claimed it to be, has also undermined his image as an ordinary guy in a hoodie who could get things done.

More pressing is Fetterman’s record on police and crime.