Oz, McCormick Tied In Pa. With Thousands Of Ballots To Count
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The Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate remained close enough to trigger Pennsylvania's automatic recount law.
Vote counting in Pennsylvania's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate dragged into a fourth day as Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick remained essentially tied with thousands of ballots left to tally.
Oz, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, led McCormick by 1,122 votes, or 0.08 percentage points, out of 1,337,790 ballots counted as of midday Thursday. The race remained close enough to trigger Pennsylvania's automatic recount law, with the separation between the candidates inside the law's 0.5% margin.
Oz's margin has narrowed in the past day, as county election officials continue to count mail ballots, but election workers still have thousands of ballots left to count in the exceptionally close race. Pennsylvania's Department of State, which oversees elections, said Thursday that there are about 38,000 mail-in and absentee ballots — 8,700 in the Republican primary — left to be counted.
