(Ben Zeisloft) As the Republican primary race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat remains too close to call three days after the election, both leading candidates are flooding the Keystone State with an “army of lawyers” amid the vote-counting process.
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by Ben Zeisloft,
Television host Dr. Mehmet Oz holds a razor-thin lead of 1,127 votes over former Bush official and hedge fund executive David McCormick as of Thursday evening, according to Politico. Under Pennsylvania law, an automatic recount will occur as long as the candidates finish between 0.5% of one another or less — or if the runner-up candidate officially declines the recount.
Oz has 31.2% of Republican primary voters, while McCormick has 31.1% — placing the two candidates within 0.1% of each other. Kathy Barnette — the conservative commentator who experienced a surge in the final days of the race — is effectively out of contention with 24.7% of the Republican electorate.
Politico reported that the two campaigns are preparing for “trench warfare that could drag out for weeks” in the media and the courts.
“The chances of a recount are 100 percent and no less,” Pennsylvania Republican consultant Josh Novotney told the outlet. “There’s still votes coming in. It will probably get even tighter than it is now, which is almost humanly impossible. Each side will definitely be wanting any slight edge they can get going into a recount.”
Both campaigns are therefore lawyering up.
Oz — who received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump — tapped James Fitzpatrick, who led Pennsylvania’s Election Day operations for Trump, to help navigate the vote count process. McCormick enlisted former Trump campaign and administration officials Mike Roman, James Schultz, and David Urban, as well as veteran Republican attorney Chuck Cooper. The McCormick campaign is also seeking to hire 300 vote counters with paid travel, a rental car, and $125 per day to watch possible recounts through the Vanguard Field Strategies.
Pennsylvania Department of State spokeswoman Grace Griffaton told Politico on Thursday evening that based upon “a comparison of vote totals to Republican ballots returned and information we received from counties throughout the afternoon,” there are 8,700 Republican mail-in and absentee ballots that have not yet been counted.
Oz was the most polarizing Republican candidate in the Senate primary, according to an Emerson College poll taken ahead of the election. Although he is leading the race, 48% of Republicans reported a “somewhat or strongly unfavorable opinion” of Oz. Republicans had a 32% unfavorable view of McCormick and a 28% unfavorable view of Barnette.
Oz or McCormick will face Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the winner of the Democratic Senate primary, in November. Fetterman — who is known for sporting basketball shorts and hoodies at campaign events — defeated U.S. Congressman and Democratic rising star Conor Lamb in his party’s primary.
The victor of the general election will succeed Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican who is retiring after two terms in the Senate. Democrats therefore have a chance to flip the seat in the general election.
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