Headline RoundupMay 18th, 2022

Senate GOP Primary in Pennsylvania Too Close To Call

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The Pennsylvania Senate Republican Primary is too close to call, with celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz holding a 2,678 vote margin over hedge fund CEO David McCormick with 94% of the precincts reporting.  If the margin if less than .5% when all the votes are counted, an automatic recount would be triggered.

More than 805,000 Pennsylvania voters requested mail-in ballots, which are still being counted, and more than 103,000 voters requested absentee ballots. The final outcome is also delayed by a printing error in Lancaster County, where about 22,000 ballots were not able to be read by scanners. If Mehmet Oz wins, it will indicate that some fears about his conservative credentials were relieved after former President Donald Trump endorsed him. Whoever wins the GOP primary will face Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, who won the Democratic primary for Senate. Fetterman voted from the hospital, where he received a pacemaker and defibrillator on Tuesday after he suffered a stroke last week.

 

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