Stay updated with breaking news from Saw westmoreland. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
That s how many they are running through the machines right now. so it s a republican district and saccone, to have a chance to still win this election, he s got to cut severely into that 579. what he is up against is this. he didn t do he won it but by republican standards you re supposed to do better in washington county. he got 53%. you want to be eating into that margin that conor lamb has in the district, you re going to need more than 53% of these absentee ballots. the problem what is we ve seen in allegheny wash, what we saw westmoreland is, lamb is doing better on the absentees than he did on election day. that pattern would have to break in washington county. fit does, saccone could get a bump here. if it doesn t, he quickly runs out of votes because all that s left, greene county, there s only 200 absentee ballots, they ll count those tomorrow, but there s only 200. military votes, those are probably going to break more republican. there may be like dozens of ....
You can see how critical that is. saccone is 579 behind. can he cut severely into this lead here? he s certainly hoping so. we ve got to tell you what he s up against, two things. first of all, this, a red county, but tonight rick saccone is not winning it by a huge margin, only winning by 7. the other thing is what we ve seen in allegheny and westmoreland in their absentee votes is the absentee vote has been more favorable to lamb than the election day votes. if that continues, that 53 could come down even further for saccone. you re looking at that bank of 1,200 votes, how many is he going to be able to gain? he would need something, a departure in washington county from what we saw in westmoreland and allegheny earlier. he desperately needs it. can he get it? we re going to find out. that s the biggest chunk of outstanding votes. otherwise you ve got greene, i think they went to sleep. ....