40 votes separate candidates in Democratic primary runoff

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The two men hoping to become the first Democrat in more than four decades to represent the Oklahoma City area in Congress were separated by just 40 votes after unofficial returns were counted in their primary runoff, raising the prospect of a recount.

Former state Sen. Al McAffrey held a narrow edge late Tuesday in unofficial returns over retired university professor Tom Guild for the Democratic nomination in central Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District. With all 273 precincts reporting unofficial results, McAffrey was ahead by less than one quarter of 1 percent of the more than 16,000 votes cast.

There is no automatic recount based on margin of victory, and Guild said late Tuesday he hadn't decided whether he would seek one.

"I haven't had time to think things through on that possibility yet," he wrote in a text message to The Associated Press.

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