PA Republicans Won’t Know Who Their Senate Nominee Is For At Least Another Two Weeks, Commonwealth Says

The Republican primary for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat is headed for a recount, the commonwealth’s government announced Wednesday.

As television host Dr. Mehmet Oz leads former Bush official David McCormick by less than 1,000 votes, acting Pennsylvania Secretary of State Leigh Chapman announced her intentions to order a recount in accordance with state law, which mandates recounts when candidates finish within 0.5% of one another. The recount marks the seventh since Pennsylvania enacted its mandatory recount law in 2004.