How Jeff Roe Won the Pa. Primary

Roe and Youngkin
Roe advises Youngkin ahead of his Virginia gubernatorial win. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Tina Nguyen
June 1, 2022

If you’re watching the Pennsylvania Senate G.O.P. primary and are prone to nail-biting, you might want to avoid the recount battle taking place during the next few days. While celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz has quietly started branding himself as the “presumptive nominee,” his rival, former hedge fund executive Dave McCormick, has refused to give up. Two weeks into the official recount—required by state law if the margin between the top two contenders is less than 0.5 percent—McCormick has been incrementally closing the gap between himself and Oz. As of Wednesday afternoon, there is a paper-thin 0.02 percent gap between the two in a race in which roughly 1.3 million ballots were cast.