Pennsylvania is home to one of the largest economies in the United States.

The state’s agricultural sector and chocolate giant Hershey Co. have helped Pennsylvania become home to over 2,000 food processing sites. The state’s manufacturing sector employs over half a million people, while energy production from Marcellus Shale regularly makes Pennsylvania one of the top natural gas producers in the country.

According to Jeff Bartos (a Republican who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2022), it’s this economic diversity that makes Pennsylvania campaigning so interesting.

Bartos stated that “if you have ever spent any time in Pennsylvania, there are so many diverse industries throughout the state.” He was reached by telephone on Thursday. “So it’s interesting to run or cycle in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is a fascinating place to visit.

Bartos, along with dozens of Republicans, will be on the campaign trail starting in March as Republicans attempt to win both the Senate (and House) of Representatives in 2022’s midterm elections. According to strategists, the most competitive races in states such as Pennsylvania and Georgia will determine whether Democrats retain their tight hold on Congress.

CNBC spoke to Jim Lamon from Arizona, and Bartos about their perspectives on the future of the economy in 2022. They said that both men would focus on the areas they see as reckless federal spending and wild inflation.

Bartos is the founder of a Philadelphia-based contractor company as well as some Philadelphia-based real estate development companies. He says that every single person he meets on campaign trails, including business executives, complains about this one thing.

He said, “I’d say inflation is the tax currently crushing working families.”

“We have traveled through all 67 of the Commonwealth’s counties many times. “And my Pennsylvanian friends are saying that the higher gasoline prices at the pump and in grocery stores are killing them,” he said. These rising prices are making it difficult for families to make decisions.

Inflation reduces the buying power of every dollar. This means that people who don’t have a pay raise won’t be able to buy as much gasoline or milk with their earnings as they did one year ago. This was the Labor Department’s latest consumer inflation report. prices rose 6.8% in NovemberThe fastest rate recorded since 1982.

Bartos’ Republican counterpart Jim Lamon is echoing those thoughts on the opposite side of the nation. He hopes to defeat Sen. Mark Kelly from Arizona in November. Bartos’ ideological similarities with Lamon are a sign of the GOP’s larger blueprint for 2022, which relies heavily on inflation and the economy as the key points in the campaign trail.

Lamon, Bartos and others blame Democrats for inefficient spending and say they are happy for less government spending. Bartos is an American Republican senator who was born and raised in Berks county, Pennsylvania. Pat ToomeyHe will retire at the conclusion of his current term.

Bartos acknowledged Toomey’s leadership in economic matters, but he stated that he is different from the incumbent when it comes to whether Toomey was the former President Donald Trumpought to have been sentenced for inciting insurrection on January 6, 2021. Toomey voted for Trump earlier in the year with Democrats.

Already, the Pennsylvania race is generating its own political drama. Trump’s chosen to win, Sean Parnell dropped out following a bitter custody battle against his wife, who had accused Parnell of child abuse and spousal abuse. Bartos is up against a variety of primary contenders, including Dr. Mehmet Olsen, a famous physician.

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, the Democratic ticket’s leader, is currently leading any Republican, even though it is early. polling available on FiveThirtyEight. Fetterman is a populist Democrat and was once mayor of Braddock (Pa.), a town close to Pittsburgh. He seeks unionization between the party’s progressives and Rust Belt voters that backed Trump.

Fetterman’s campaign refused to comment on this story.

Gallup’s recent poll found that the majority of respondents agree with this conclusion. 45% of American households sayRecent price increases have caused financial problems for their families. Ten percent of respondents said that inflation causes them severe hardship and affects their quality of life.

That argument seems to be popular with Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from West Virginia who declared over the weekend that he would support Republicans. oppose the administration’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better legislation.

Manchin’s announcement is an affront to the bill, as he is one of 50 Democrats who make up 50 percent of the Senate. If the leadership of the party is not available opts to move forward on the billThis will most likely mean significant cuts to many of its climate, family, and worker protections.

Others, such as Manchin, have attempted to persuade Americans that BBB legislation wouldn’t aggravate inflation, and that infrastructure improvements could ease the price pressures in time.

Recent weeks have seen a decline in public support for this legislation. Morning Consult and Politico discovered that the House passed the bill. 49% voters supported Build Back BetterIt was opposed by 38%. An NPR/Marist Poll conducted between late November and early December found that 41% of adults supported the bill, while 34% said they opposed it. 

Lamon spoke Friday during the a protest contesting the 2020 election resultsThe office of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is located outside.

Brnovich is a Republican primary challenger for Lamon and helped to certify Arizona’s elections results for Biden. He has repeated that his office had not found evidence of widespread voter fraud. Trump’s supporters falsely claim that Trump’s election was rigged.

“Thanks for coming today. Lamon addressed a group of Arizonans and Trump supporters to which he said, “I stand beside you.”

“Brnovich said [if]Lamon said, “We show him the evidence. He’ll prosecute.” Brnovich, do your damn work.

Lamon stated that should he be elected to the Senate, he will press Governor “to ensure that we follow up on and find out what happened, who needs prosecution, and who deserves to go to prison.”

Bartos’ description of inflation which he described as an “invisible tax” on Arizonans was shared by Lamon. He shared a list of some top economic priorities from his campaign.

“Number one: Learn to live within your means. This endless spending by the government is unacceptable. It’s basically fueling inflation,” said he. We send nearly $4 trillion to Treasury. That’s just enough, I think.

Arizona could still be one of the most close elections, as the state’s citizens voted to elect a Democratic President in 2020 for their first time since 1996.