Republicans hint at recount in Pennsylvania congressional race, with odds against them
By David Weigel and Mike DeBonis March 15 at 12:01 PM
Democrats have declared victory in the race for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, but GOP nominee Rick Saccone has not conceded — and Republicans have taken some tentative steps toward seeking a recount.
On Wednesday, attorneys for Saccone asked for “immediate injunctive relief” in federal court after a campaign lawyer was not allowed to observe the counting of ballots in Allegheny County, where Democratic nominee Conor Lamb won massively. They sent letters to election offices in Allegheny and the district’s other counties requesting that ballots and voting machines be preserved, a step often taken before a recount or challenge.
“We are waiting for provisional ballots to be counted,” said Jesse Hunt, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “We are not ruling out a recount.”
Pennsylvania’s postgame drama is one of several roiling the state’s politics, just days before candidates file in the new districts created by a court ruling that struck down a Republican-drawn map. The state’s GOP majority is also waiting for the Supreme Court and a three-judge panel on a lower court to rule on their challenges to the new map, which was drawn by Pennsylvania judges who were elected as Democrats.
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