Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-Pa.) marketing campaign stated in a press release posted to social media Thursday morning that votes are nonetheless being counted in his reelection race.
“The count in Pennsylvania is still continuing,” Casey marketing campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel stated within the assertion on the social platform X. “Yesterday, the vote margin shrunk by 50,000 votes and this race is now within half a point, the threshold for automatic recounts in Pennsylvania.”
“With tens of thousands more votes to be counted, we are committed to ensuring every Pennsylvanian’s vote is heard and confident that at the end of that process, Senator Casey will be re-elected.”
President-elect Trump gained the Keystone State with greater than 50.5 p.c of the vote in comparison with Vice President Harris’s 48.5 p.c, in response to Determination Desk HQ.
Nonetheless, the race between Casey, the incumbent, and Republican Dave McCormick has not but been referred to as by Determination Desk HQ. as of two p.m. EST, McCormick was main Casey with 49 p.c assist to the Democratic Senator’s 48.5 p.c, in response to Determination Desk HQ.
McCormick’s marketing campaign stated in a press release on Thursday afternoon that he “is up 30,679 votes with more to come, as ruby red Cambria County is still outstanding.”
“While votes continue to be counted, any way you slice it, Dave McCormick will be the next United States Senator from Pennsylvania,” McCormick marketing campaign communications director Elizabeth Gregory continued within the assertion.
Regardless of Trump successful in a number of battleground states, together with Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada, per projections by Determination Desk HQ, Democratic Senate candidates like Sens. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and Jacky Rosen (Nev.), in addition to Rep. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.), pulled off slender wins within the states on this yr’s elections.
The Hill has reached out to the McCormick marketing campaign for additional remark.
