“The reality is about 70,000-some odd votes were cast on Election Day,” McMurray said Friday at his campaign headquarters in Hamburg. “More than that is outstanding and has not been counted. More than 50 percent of the votes have not been counted. Thousands of votes came in (Thursday) at Erie County.”
McMurray trails Jacobs by more than 30,000 votes and garnered only 29 percent of the votes on Tuesday. However, those numbers do not reflect absentee or other ballots that were submitted outside of in-person votes.
“Most of the people on our side voted by mail,” McMurray said. “I will guarantee you this. The gap will significantly shortage and there’s the possibility of victory that still remains. We know the majority of those votes are from democratic voters. We will wait until July 7 to make any decisions on the special election.”
Jacobs was endorsed by President Trump on Twitter, who encouraged republicans to vote for the state senator to fill the vacant seat left by Chris Collins. McMurray said there were lies about him amplified by the Republican Party.
“I think President Trump is a threat to America and to the values I hold dear,” McMurray said. “I think those who team with President Trump are complicit in that threat and I believe that threat will be defeated in November.”