Vote Count Continues In Dead Heat 148th State Legislative Race: Latest Details

Votes continue to be tallied in the 148th state legislative district primary race Thursday, which remains too close to call two days after election day.

Just 103 votes separate the leaders, establishment-backed Whitemarsh Township supervisor Megan Griffin-Shelley and progressive environmental lawyer Jason Landau Goodman.

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"Results for all ballot types will continue to update after Election Day as some ballots require additional evaluation," according to Montgomery County Voter Services. "Military and Overseas ballots can be received up to a week after Election Day."

While traditional in-person ballots have been counted, there are also provisional ballots, lingering mail-in ballots, and others not tallied on election night.

The actual public vote total remains unchanged since about 1 a.m. Wednesday: Griffin-Shelley 4,879, Goodman 4,777.

Meanwhile, their campaigning done, the two leading candidates are held in a sort of limbo.

"This is a strange kind of waiting," Goodman said Wednesday. "We're holding on through it with patience and gratitude, and we ask you to do the same."

"As we wait for the final count, I want to take a moment to thank each and every person who supported this campaign," Griffin-Shelley said. "Every door knocked, every conversation had, every volunteer shift, and every vote cast mattered."

The final counting could conclude in the coming day or so. It could run into next week. And it could trigger a recount.

"This is the normal, careful work of making sure every valid vote is counted, and we trust the process and the people carrying it out," Goodman added. To everyone who knocked on a door, made a call, returned a ballot, talked to a neighbor, or simply believed in this campaign: thank you. This race is coming down to the narrowest of margins because so many of you gave your time, your energy, and your hearts to it. That means everything."

The unusually competitive primary featured four candidates seeking to replace Mary Jo Daley, who is retiring.

Penn researcher and labor organizer Leo Solga (1,846) and Narberth mayor and business owner Andrea Deutsch (1,525) were also in the race.