Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) weighed in on fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey’s (D) concession within the contentious upper-chamber race on Thursday, hailing him as “Pennsylvania’s best senator.”
Fetterman’s response got here simply minutes after Casey, a three-term senator, conceded to Republican challenger Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s Senate race that went to a recount.
“This hit me,” Fetterman stated in a press release on Thursday. “It’s been a supreme honor to have Bob Casey as a colleague, friend and mentor. His legacy is better than Pennsylvania.”
Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s junior senator, praised Casey’s work in Congress.
“Unassuming while delivering for PA for nearly two decades, he fought for working Pennsylvanians and union, rural communities, seniors and people with disabilities — all of us,” Fetterman stated. “Bob Casey was, is, and always will be Pennsylvania’s best senator.”
Casey’s reelection bid in opposition to McCormick, a businessman, went to a recount after the vote totals had been inside the one-half of 1 p.c margin.
The Related Press (AP) referred to as the race for the GOP challenger two days after Election Day. Fetterman criticized the AP for calling the competition and argued the information wire “shouldn’t make a call in this race until every Pennsylvanian has their vote counted.”
The Hill’s companion, Resolution Desk HQ, referred to as the race for McCormick every week in the past. In 2022, McCormick misplaced to Dr. Mehmet Oz within the Keystone State’s Senate Republican Social gathering main. Oz ended up dropping to Fetterman within the common election.
Casey’s concession got here just a few days after the state kicked off the recount procedures. Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court docket issued an order Monday that counties should not in a position to rely absentee and mail-in ballots with lacking and incorrect dates.
The Democratic incumbent, the son of the state’s former well-liked governor, stated he referred to as McCormick on Thursday “to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.”
“As the first count of ballots is completed, Pennsylvanians can move forward with the knowledge that their voices were heard, whether their vote was the first to be counted or the last,” Casey stated.
