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In a stunning upset, GOP challenger David McCormick has unseated three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, according to the Associated Press.
Both campaigns expressed confidence in victory on Thursday.
« The count in Pennsylvania is still continuing. 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 », Maddy McDaniel, spokesperson for Bob Casey for Senate, said in a statement Thursday morning. « 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 reelected. »
The McCormick campaign disagreed.
« McCormick is up 30,679 votes with more to come, as ruby red Cambria County is still outstanding », Elizabeth Gregory, McCormick’s communications director, said in a statement earlier this afternoon. « While votes continue to be counted, any way you slice it, Dave McCormick will be the next United States Senator from Pennsylvania.
