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As of midnight, with more than 96% of precincts reporting unofficial results in both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, Lee had collected 41.5% of the votes counted compared with Irwin’s 41.1%, a difference of 523 votes.
The University of Pittsburgh law professor, Jerry Dickinson found himself in a distant third place with 10.8% of the votes counted, followed by a non-profit head, Jeff Woodard with 4.7% and entrepreneur William Parker with 1.4%, the Department of State tallies showed.
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Lee declared victory over Steve Irwin in the bitterly contested 12th Congressional District last night.
But Lee acknowledged that there are still votes to be counted in the razor-thin race votes that county officials said would take a day to be recorded and Irwin did not concede
