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Pennsylvania statewide court race goes to recount

By Associated Press

Pennsylvania Continues To Count Ballots Day After Election PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 04: Election workers count ballots on November 04, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With no winner declared in the presidential election last night, all eyes are on the outcome in a few remaining swing states to determine whether Donald Trump will get another four years or if Joe Biden will become the next president of the United States. The counting of ballots in Pennsylvania continued through the night with no winner yet announced. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

By Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A statewide recount is being ordered in the Nov. 2 election for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s statewide Commonwealth Court after two candidates finished within a half-percentage point of each other. That’s according to Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Wednesday.

Wolf’s Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid issued a notice that she will order the statutorily required statewide recount.

Two seats on Commonwealth Court are opening up next year. Republican Stacy Wallace, a lawyer, won one of them.

For the second seat, unofficial returns from all 67 counties showed Democrat Lori Dumas leading Republican Drew Crompton by nearly 17,000 votes, but within the margin for a mandatory recount.

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