According to campaign finance records, Dr. Mehmet Oz, a veteran physician who is running for the Pennsylvania Senate, has close connections to the DuPont chemical fortune heirs.

Oz is who amassedThrough the brothers’ respective marriages, duPont is related to Ben duPont via his multimillion dollar fortune on “The Dr. Oz Show.” Laura Lemole. DuPont has given $70,000 to an independent political action committee, which is solely focused on Oz’s Senate run. Oz was also paid $50,000 by a group that Ben duPont founded in his late father’s name, the former Delaware Governor. Pete du Pont died in December last year.

Oz’s most recent financial disclosure form shows that the family links also cross with several business ventures created by Ben duPont.

Oz was recently supported by President Donald Trump and is now fighting for the Pennsylvania Senate seat. with former Bridgewater CEO Dave McCormick. In determining Senate power balance, the Senate could have a major role to play in closely watching the primary race of May 17th and in the subsequent general election for retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Cook Political Report labels the seat as a tossup. Real Clear Politics polls show McCormick has a slight edge over Oz. The Senate is currently 50-50. This race will be crucial to monitor to determine which party controls it in 2023.

Even though Ben duPont does not work for DuPont, or in the oil-and-gas business, winning in Pennsylvania may be good for the company his great-grandfather founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1802. Oz is a vocal advocate for hydraulic fracking. This controversial technique of extracting oil from hard-to-drill areas has long been opposed to climate activists. Oz has joined forces with Harold Hamm of Continental Resources, which is a company that specializes on natural gas exploration. a report.

Eleuthere, Ben duPont’s older brother, is the founder of the DuPont corporation and shares the same name. According to most recent disclosures from the corporation, the company spent over $400,000 lobbying Congress in the first three month of this year. These issues included climate change and construction of Keystone Pipeline.

Forbes estimates that the du Pont family, which is influential, has an estimated net worth of $16billion and 4,000 heirs. The majority of this wealth, however, comes from DuPont, the oldest chemical company in the world. DuPont’s headquarters worldwide are located in Wilmington. But one of their chemical plants can be found in Pennsylvania.

The company’s corporate political action committee did not support any candidates for the Pennsylvania Senate election, but individual family members have according to Federal Election Commission records. These data are from the Center for Responsive Politics which is a nonpartisan watchdog organization for campaign finance. DuPont, the chemical company, declined to comment.

Ben duPont is the co-founder of yet2 technology consultancy and the still-active venture capital fund yet2Ventures. He has been one of Oz’s most important backers since the beginning. Oz’s husband’s father Dr. Gerald Lemole is not a du Pont. In January, he donated $1,000,000 to the American Leadership Action political advocacy committee. This super PAC supports Oz. Ben duPont was a yet2 spokesperson, and Oz Campaign representatives did not reply to inquiries for comment.

DuPont is not an employee of DuPont Company, but his consulting firm yet2 names the corporation giant as one its first corporate investors on its site.

In December, Ben duPont gave $50,000 to American Leadership Action PAC. This super PAC supports Oz’s Senate campaign.

The du Pont heir has also contributed two $2,900 checks, one earmarked for the primary election and the other directed to the general election, directly to Oz’s campaign — the most an individual can directly give to a campaign in an election, according to FEC records.

The records also show that he contributed $20,000 more to the same PAC in February. A super PAC can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. Center for Responsive Politics reports that McCormick was defeated by the super PAC.

An invite says that Ben duPont co-hosted an Oz Campaign fundraising event in Wilmington on January 23rd with Laura. According to the invite, donors were requested to donate up to $5800 per person.

Additionally, Oz received $50,000 from GOPAC in 2020, an organization that is a GOP political group founded by Ben duPont, his late father.

GOPAC was onceFormer Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich leads the organization. It describes itself as an “equipment for Republican candidates” that offers coaching and tips on how to effectively communicate conservative ideas.

CNBC’s Executive Director of GOPAC Jessica Curtis confirmed to CNBC that Oz wasn’t involved in organizing the speaking events for her group. But she also said that Oz has spoken with them. According to the Senate candidate’s financial disclosure, Oz was paid $25,000 to give speeches in support of GOPAC leaders for 2020.

Oz promotedHydroxychloroquine as a means to defeat Covid-19According to a, one of these GOPAC speeches was made in one of the GOPAC addresses. linkYou can listen to his Talk on Soundcloud. Food and Drug Administration cautionedAs a way to fight Covid, doctors strongly recommend against the use hydroxychloroquine (which is often prescribed for malaria). It was strongly discouraged by doctors to use it as a preventative measure against the disease. The World Health Organization stated that hydroxychloroquine did not provide any meaningful benefits to Covid patients.

Curtis stated that the GOPAC had previously funded Oz’s non-profit organization HealthCorps. Curtis declined to give more information. HealthCorps 2020 annual reportGOPAC was one of a number of donors who donated between $25,000-$49,999.

“Since Oprah introduced Dr. Oz to the American public, many have sought his advice and counsel which is why we have invited him to speak in the past. She said that Dr. Oz’s comments are publically available, and could be judged on merit.