A recount will be in order unless the loser's team waves it off. Meanwhile, Donald Trump urged Oz to 'declare victory' even while the ballot count continues.
Trump sought to declare on his social media site, Truth Social, that Oz, a TV personality and heart surgeon, won the race. He derided the mail-in ballots, The Post said, posting: “Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count the Mail-in Ballots.
It is a BIG MESS. Our Country should go to paper ballots, with same day voting.”“It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find,’” Trump said, even though neither campaign has voiced any concerns with the primary count.But privately, campaign sources said they were sticking with cautious optimism that the gap can be closed and are focused on making sure every legitimate ballot is counted, especially given Allegheny County’s announcement Wednesday that there are potentially more than 6,000 outstanding votes there that,are in safekeeping until the county’s return board convenes for official canvassing on Friday. Allegheny is where McCormick, a recently retired CEO of Bridgewater Associates, relocated to when he moved back to Pennsylvania this year, and it’s one of the counties where he ran best in this race. But it’s unclear how many of those uncounted votes were cast by Republicans, so the ultimate impact of that delayed count is unknowable. Election judges statewide must also make rulings on provisional ballots, and there will likely also be some straggling military member ballots, which can be received for up to a week after the election. Any way you slice it, the Republican Senate race appears to be headed for an automatic recount. State law requires that in cases where the margin of victory is less than a half-percent of the total turnout, unless the candidate within that margin waves it off. The winner of the GOP race will advance into what is expected to be a hotly-contested and nationally-watched general election campaign against Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who easily won the Democratic Party nomination. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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