County Recount Continues In GOP U.S. Senate Race

June 2, 2022 2:39 am

The recount has begun in Washington County in the GOP race for an open U.S. Senate Seat in Pennsylvania. As of Friday, in the too-close-to-call Republican primary contest, there were barely 900 votes separating Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick. Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander says this isn’t exactly an ordinary recount. She says they will be separting the Democrat and Republican ballots and will only be counting Republican ballots. That includes absentee and mail-in ballots as well. For less populated counties, the process could take a day. More heavily populated counties say they will need several days. As for Washington County, Ostrander is ballparking two days to finish. Counties have until June 7th to finish a recount and another day to report results to the state.