Mehmet Oz is leading McCormick by about 1,100 votes as of Saturday afternoon, or 0.1 percentage points. The primary is expected to go to a recount, which will be triggered if the top two candidates are separated by half of a percentage point or less, unless the runner-up waves it off.
Election officials have said they should have a good idea by Tuesday if there will be a recount, and the state’s chief election official must formally make that decision by Thursday.
As outstanding mail-in and absentee ballots have been tallied, McCormick, who is outperforming Oz in such ballots, has gained some ground. On Friday morning, the Department of State said that there were approximately 8,300 Republican mail-in and absentee ballots left to count. That number does not include any un-dated ballots.
There is still uncertainty in the state over how far the circuit court’s decision will extend beyond the 2021 judgeship election. The three-judge panel has yet to issue its formal opinion on the matter — which would more thoroughly lay out both the court’s legal justifications and ramifications of their judgment — nor has the Pennsylvania Department of State issued formal guidance to county election officials. That guidance could come as soon as early next week...
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