The Hill’s Morning Report — Pennsylvania Senate race goes to overtime

Pennsylvania will have to wait a little longer to find out who the GOP’s Senate nominee will be this fall. Candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick todayare deadlocked in the Keystone State and the winner is pending as a potential recount looms. 

As of press time, Oz leads McCormick by a margin of 2,672 votes (0.2 percent) with 94 percent of precincts reported. Both campaigns told supporters late Tuesday night that they are standing by and awaiting a result.

“We’re not going to have a result tonight. … “When all the votes are tallied, I am confident we will win,” Oz told attendees at his election night event in Newtown, Pa. “Get some rest. We’ve got a lot to do,” he added.

For the entire night, McCormick led the race until Oz finally overtook him shortly after midnight when a batch of outstanding votes from Bucks County put him into the lead. However, who ultimately wins remains very much up for grabs as there is still a significant amount of mail-in ballots that have not been counted. 

A recount is also an increasingly real possibility. One would be triggered immediately if the margin is 0.5 percent or less, meaning there might not be a nominee for the foreseeable future.