(Beaver County, Pa.) Democratic Pa State Rep. Rob Matzie trailed his Republican Challenger Rico Elmore to start the day and as mail in ballots are being counted Matzie has closed the gap to where Elmore only leads by 300 votes as of late Wednesday afternoon.

When early results came in early Wednesday morning Elmore held a nearly 11 percent lead totaling 12,306 votes to Matzie’s 9,894 votes. At last look at 3:30 pm today Elmore and Matizie were in a dead heat with Elmore having 12,316  votes to Matzies 12,097.

Beaver County has counted close to five thousand of the 29,000 mail in ballots they have received thus far. How many left to count in that district that covers parts of Beaver and Allegheny Counties is unknown at this time.