Oz, McCormick Gear Up for Recount in Close Keystone State GOP Senate Primary

A recount would mean that the outcome of the race might not be known until June 8, the deadline for counties to report their results to the state.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, in January. AP/Christopher Dolan, The Times-Tribune

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Locked in a near tie Friday, celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund chief executive David McCormick began staffing up their campaigns with recount specialists as vote counting entered a fourth day in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open Senate seat.

Both campaigns have hired Washington-based lawyers to lead their recount efforts, and both have hired Philadelphia-based campaign strategists who helped lead the operation to observe vote-counting on Election Day for President Trump’s presidential campaign in 2020.

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