All polls showed Pennsylvania having a close race in the presidential race.
A tight Senate race was also predicted between Republican Dave McCormick and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). McCormick has been able to close the gap in recent days and the latest Real Clear Polling numbers showed Casey leading by +1.8 on election day.
Hell no, I’m not running for the Casey seat.
This is the seat of the people, and Bob Casey has failed to earn it. pic.twitter.com/uGdvsxviPL
— Dave McCormick (@DaveMcCormickPA) November 4, 2024
They knew Casey was trying to lean right when he even did a commercial with President Donald Trump showing that Democrats in complex races like his know that would assist them, and that they really don’t believe that he is “Hitler”. Casey has been in office for 18 years, so despite his efforts to run to the center, unseating him was a lofty order. But McCormick was up to the task.
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Then, early Wednesday morning, Trump won with apparent defeat and an overwhelming mandate from the public. He has now won all the battleground states and is likely to win the popular vote, his first since George W. Bush 20 years ago.
But the call for David McCormick’s victory in the Pennsylvania Senate was a long time coming, even though he was well ahead of Senator Bob Casey by around 35,000 votes and more than 90 percent of the vote.
Bob Casey’s campaign points to tens of thousands of uncounted ballots from Philly (McCormick camp says there are 30,000) and provisional ballots, which they say totaled about 40,000 in 2022.
Casey lost 50,000 and red Cambria County still has 2/3 of its votes counted.
Doesn’t seem viable for him
— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) November 6, 2024
I’m not sure what prevented that, as it seemed like the remaining votes came from areas that would largely benefit him. If they have that, they usually call the race early.
On Thursday, given the evidence, it was quite ridiculous that people were shouting about how tardy the call was.
They’re holding back from calling it out for no reason at all… They’re hoping to find thousands of recent ballots out of nowhere as if it were Minnesota and Bob Casey’s name was Al Franken https://t.co/3ioiSCsF5w
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) November 7, 2024
A source in the #PASen The race is confused/incensed about the continued non-drafting. Senator-elect McCormick’s team has shown reporters the basic math – Casey has no way and has lost – and no one is really disputing it. However, the call still doesn’t come. Enough. It’s over. https://t.co/GipF2iWO38
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 7, 2024
After all, they demanded it for McCormick.
AP PROJECTS: David McCormick (R) wins race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, defeating Bob Casey (🔴 Flip)
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Republican flips
🔴 West Virginia – Justice
🔴 Montana – Sheehy
🔴 Ohio – Moreno
🔴 Pennsylvania – McCormick (53rd seat) pic.twitter.com/I49VfDhapk— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) November 7, 2024
That means three have been unseated, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. John Tester (D-MT). This means that there are now 53 Republican senators in the recent Congress.
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