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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...

Necessarily one fluke in an area that is reliably democratic -- >> kacie, i have to stop you. steve kornacki has something in his mouth and he's playing with a hard paw. >> i'm sorry, and i wouldn't do it. we have the absentee ballot count from allegheny county. here are the totals. conor lamb gets 1,930 votes. these are the absentees in allegheny. saccone gets 1,178. so that's the difference right there, 752. that is the difference. a margin of 752. so that's what just happened. when we were standing here and i'm like an idiot trying to figure out where they came from, that's where they came ...

Pittsburgh, the entire county, a lot of these are not even in the district, they only had 400 military ballots. special election much lower turnout, only parts of counties. that may only number in the dozens. while military ballots tend to favor republican candidates, there may only be dozens, maybe a couple score of military ballots that are out there and that takes you to the end. you got absentees, hard to see saccone making a dent there, provisions, easy to see lamb climbing, and whatever you pick up in military ballots. weep could end up in a recount situation. if lamb got a big boost out...

Lamb. that's why he's sitting with 847 votes districtwide. he gets that courtesy of the absentees in allegheny. what is left? i think we still have two precincts sitting in westmoreland and then it's the absentees. we have absentees in republican areas. the margin is 847. lamb is now down with his base in allegheny. how many absentee ballots are left in the district? if 847 is the margin, we're sitting here looking at 1,800 ballots. these were the ballots that were requested. if you keep in mind the number returned will probably be a little south of that. that's what we just saw in allegheny. ...

>> no, we're going to need the absentees and that's the other thing -- that should be up there -- we're not getting all the absentees tonight, so that's the other thing. we may not actually get to a -- boy, i'm just realizing this now, what a sad thing -- we may not get to a clear verdict tonight unless they do get these absentees counted, but the last time we checked, we are not going to get absentee ballots that are counted in these two counties tonight. let's see if i have a note that tells me otherwise but that's where we stand right now. >> steve, thank you. literally wave if you need our...