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This just in: Pa. GOP Senate race likely headed to recount; AP says it’s too close to call
Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (Keith Srakocic/AP)
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Updated May 20, 2022 at 8:08 p.m. EDT|Published May 20, 2022 at 7:22 a.m. EDT

Today, the Associated Press declared that the Pennsylvania GOP Senate race between celebrity physician Mehmet Oz and hedge-fund CEO David McCormick is too close to call. The secretary of state has until May 26 to order a recount that would begin no later than June 1.

Other tests of Donald Trump’s influence loom next week, including in Georgia, where polls show his preferred choice for governor, David Perdue, badly trailing incumbent Brian Kemp in the GOP primary. Also on the ballot on Tuesday: Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who resisted Trump’s urging to “find” votes in the 2020 presidential election. Trump is backing a challenger.

Also Friday, two Post exclusive stories offer further insight into the conservative efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election and find ways to keep Trump in power.  
On our radar: Biden still in South Korea, will travel to Japan on Sunday
The latest: Judge blocks White House from suspending Trump’s pandemic border measure
This just in: Pa. GOP Senate race likely headed to recount; AP says it’s too close to call

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6:15 a.m. Eastern: Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivered remarks in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Watch here.
11 a.m. Eastern: Attorney General Merrick Garland made an announcement regarding hate crimes. Watch here.
3:40 p.m. Eastern: Vice President Harris discusses funding in the bipartisan infrastructure law for energy-efficient school buses. Watch live here.

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