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.
In one of those stories, emails obtained by The Post revealed that conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers days after the election to set aside Joe Biden’s popular-vote victory and choose “a clean slate of Electors.” In her communications, Ginni Thomas falsely argued that legislators needed to intervene because the vote had been marred by fraud.
Meanwhile, new documents revealed that Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder and chairman of the software company Oracle, participated in a call shortly after the election to discuss strategies for contesting Trump’s loss in the race. Ellison, one of the main backers of fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, was on the call with Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and other conservative figures, including Fox News host Sean Hannity. His participation marks the first known example of a technology industry titan joining powerful conservative figures to strategize about Trump’s post-loss options.
Meanwhile, Biden is in South Korea on Friday in the first visit to Asia of his presidency.
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On our radar: Biden still in South Korea, will travel to Japan on Sunday
Return to menuWe finally got some closure Friday on the tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary. And by closure, we mean the race is not over. The two candidates, celebrity TV host Mehmet Oz and businessman Dave McCormick, are probably headed to a recount after the Associated Press declared the race too close to call. There are still a few other Tuesday primary night races we’re waiting to hear back from, and we’ll keep an eye out on that this weekend.
Here’s what else we’re watching:
- Biden is in South Korea. On Saturday, the president will lay a wreath at Seoul National Cemetery to pay his respects to those who died fighting alongside U.S. forces in the Korean War before meeting once again with South Korea President Yoon Suk-youl. That night, he’ll have dinner with the president. On Sunday morning, Biden will deliver remarks alongside Hyundai Executive Chairman Chung Eui-sun.
- The president is headed to Japan on Sunday afternoon. He will be greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel.
- There’s a primary on Tuesday (again!). Georgia, Alaska and Arkansas are holding primaries on Tuesday. We’ll be especially watching the race in Georgia, where Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is facing Trump’s chosen candidate, former senator David Perdue. The race is a test not only on Trump’s lingering power over the party, but also on what the Republican base makes of his false allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Kemp has steadfastly refused to give in to Trump’s “big lie,” while Perdue has happily spread it.
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