Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-casey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Casey</a> (D-PA) announced Thursday evening that he has conceded the Senate race to Republican Dave McCormick after contesting the results of the election for two weeks.
McCormick beat Casey by a narrow margin, just a little over 16,000 votes, according to the latest figures from the Associated Press. The margin was well within the 0.5% margin required to trigger an automatic recount.
&#8220;I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate,&#8221; Casey said in the statement. &#8220;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.&#8221;
&#8220;This race was one of the closest in our Commonwealth’s history, decided by less than a quarter of a point,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I am grateful to the thousands of people who worked to make sure every eligible vote cast could be counted, including election officials in all 67 counties.&#8221;
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During my time in office, I have been guided by an inscription on the Finance Building in Harrisburg: “All public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.”
Thank you for your trust in me for all these years, Pennsylvania. It has been the honor of my lifetime. <a href="https://t.co/RSXEFwdge8">pic.twitter.com/RSXEFwdge8</a>
— Bob Casey Jr. (@Bob_Casey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1859733833232662650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
McCormick&#8217;s victory in the state was one of several seats that Republicans flipped this cycle that gave the party a 53-47 majority in Congress&#8217; upper chamber for the 119th Congress.
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
Senator-elect McCormick thanked Casey for his &#8220;career to bettering our commonwealth.&#8221;
&#8220;Dina and I want to extend our sincere gratitude to Senator Casey, Terese, and their family for their decades of service, hard work, and personal sacrifice,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am so honored to represent every single citizen in Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and will fight for you every day. Thank you!&#8221;

Sen. Bob Casey Campaigns For Reelection In Pennsylvania

Bob Casey Concedes Election To Dave McCormick

2024 Election

Bob Casey

Dave McCormick

Elections

Pennsylvania

Politics

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of Republicans again on Monday, reiterating that counties must reject undated and misdated ballots after Democrat election officials openly defied the order last week.
The order comes as Pennsylvania begins a recount of the race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick. Casey has yet to concede after multiple outlets, including the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ, called the race for McCormick.
Last week, Democrats in the Bucks County Office of Commissioners <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/people-violate-laws-any-time-they-want-dem-election-officials-state-willingness-to-defy-law-ahead-of-recount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> their Republican colleague&#8217;s motion to stop “noncompliant” ballots from being counted. The Democrats&#8217; move came after the commonwealth&#8217;s Supreme Court granted the GOP&#8217;s request to block the counting of mail ballots without dates.
Philadelphia and Montgomery counties, two of Pennsylvania&#8217;s most populous counties, also voted to count hundreds of undated ballots in recent days, The Hill reported. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, however, rebuked those counties&#8217; decisions and granted the GOP&#8217;s request that undated and misdated ballots be immediately excluded.
“It is critical to the rule of law that individual counties and municipalities and their elected and appointed officials, like any other parties, obey orders of this Court,” Justice David Wecht wrote in a 4-3 decision, according to <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4996749-pennsylvania-supreme-court-undated-mail-ballots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>. Casey&#8217;s campaign intervened to oppose the effort to stop undated mail ballots from being counted.
The latest order from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court says that all election boards in the commonwealth “including the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified that mail-in and absentee ballots that fail to comply with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Election Code … SHALL NOT BE COUNTED for purposes of the election held on November 5, 2024.”
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley <a href="https://x.com/chairmanwhatley/status/1858612405380804949?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote,</a> &#8220;Following our latest RNC lawsuit, today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yet again that undated ballots CANNOT BE COUNTED. No more excuses. Election officials in Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and other counties have absolutely no choice but to reject illegal ballots. We will hold them to it. Protect The Vote!&#8221;
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
McCormick defeated Casey by just over 17,000 votes, according to the AP, which is within the margin that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-senate-race-triggers-recount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">triggers</a> an automatic recount. The recount, which will cost Pennsylvanians over $1 million, could have been waived if Casey conceded defeat and opted to move on with the initial results. McCormick&#8217;s team remains confident that Casey has no path to victory.
&#8220;Senator-elect McCormick’s lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear in calling the race,” McCormick spokeswoman Elizabeth Gregory said in a statement. “A recount will be a waste of time and taxpayer money but it is Senator Casey’s prerogative. Senator-elect McCormick knows what it’s like to lose an election and is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion.”

Bucks County

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Against Dems Who Defied Law, Won’t Allow Undated Ballots

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reiterates That Undated Ballots Cannot Be Counted After Dems Defy Order

Senate

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) defended Pennsylvania election officials ignoring a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling by counting votes that the court said were invalid.
Fetterman made the remarks unchallenged during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Jake Tapper.
&#8220;Your colleague Senator Bob Casey, who was up for reelection, there&#8217;s a commonwealth-mandated recount going on right now because it was so close,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;Democratic officials in at least one key county, Bucks County, voted to count about 115 provisional ballots that are missing a signature, despite the Pennsylvania Supreme Court previously ruling that those are invalid.&#8221;
A Democratic Bucks County official justified her actions by saying: &#8220;I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn&#8217;t matter anymore in this country and people violate laws any time they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it&#8217;s because I want a court to pay attention to it.&#8221;
Tapper noted that even The Washington Post Editorial Board said that the move by Democrats in the state was &#8220;corrosive to democracy&#8221; and that &#8220;county officials do not get to decide whether a legal requirement is material and must be followed. Courts do and they have spoken clearly.&#8221;
When asked about Democrats defying court orders and counting invalid ballots, Fetterman suggested that it was not a big deal.
&#8220;I think you just pointed out that it refers to about 115 ballots, and that&#8217;s not going to have an impact on this race at this point,&#8221; he said, before immediately contradicting himself by saying: &#8220;Where we are now, it&#8217;s very, very close.&#8221;
&#8220;And I guarantee you, if Dave McCormick were in the opposite situation, where he was down 15,000 to 17,000 votes, he would absolutely want to have every last vote counted as well too,&#8221; he continued.
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ELECTION DENIERS: Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) defends local Democrat officials counting invalid provisional ballots in defiance of multiple court orders <a href="https://t.co/udhkZjfG4Q">pic.twitter.com/udhkZjfG4Q</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1858162088486564324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2024</a></blockquote>

John Fetterman Sept 26

Fetterman Defends Democrats Counting Invalid Votes In PA Senate Race

John Fetterman

U.S. Senate

Pennsylvania Democrats are openly defying a judge&#8217;s orders ahead of a recount in the state&#8217;s senate race in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to deliver victory to incumbent Senator Bob Casey.
Casey has yet to concede to Republican Dave McCormick, who was winning by more than 26,000 votes as of Thursday, with 99% of the vote counted. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court <a href="https://penncapital-star.com/election-2024/pennsylvania-election-chief-asks-state-supreme-court-to-end-mail-ballot-uncertainty-before-election-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> an effort to count mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing dates on the outer envelopes. But that hasn&#8217;t stopped Democrats in the Bucks County Office of Commissioners from pushing for exactly that.
On Thursday, Gene DiGirolamo, the sole Republican on the three-person panel, introduced a motion to reject the attempt to count what the GOP <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/mccormick-campaign-sues-bucks-county-165814957.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> “noncompliant” ballots. In response, <a href="https://bucksdemocrats.org/who-we-are/our-elected-officials/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat</a> Diane Marseglia, the chair of the commission, dismissed the proposal out of hand.
“Not going to second that, mostly because I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter in this country and people violate laws any time they want,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want the court to pay attention to it.”
“With all due respect, our law department’s goal is to stay out of any kind of court because they’re supposed to do that, but we might — some of us might want them to go to court on this,” Marseglia said in response.
“I think the law department’s advice has been consistent, at least since I’ve been here: to follow the current state of the law,” Bucks County Deputy Solicitor Daniel Grieser responded. “And I know that that’s changed in the last three years. But the current state of the law in this area is that these, y’know, unless it’s signed by the voter in two places, that we shouldn’t count these. That’s the current state of the law. And that’s been consistently our advice is to follow the law at the time.”
Marseglia and the second Democrat on the commission, Robert Harvie, voted to count the disqualified ballots.
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They also discussed how in 2020 they counted ballots that only had one signature, rather than two, which is now illegal. <a href="https://t.co/wkKuGfR3Ei">pic.twitter.com/wkKuGfR3Ei</a>
&mdash; Meg Brock (@MegEBrock) <a href="https://twitter.com/MegEBrock/status/1857145397950435569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Republicans have <a href="https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2024/11/14/david-mccormick-bob-casey-senate-bucks-county-lawsuit-ballot-count-2024-election/76293859007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> a Bucks County Common Pleas judge to reverse the Bucks County Board of Commissioners decision. “The board’s baffling decision not to enforce the date requirement and to count noncompliant ballots thus directly contravenes binding Pennsylvania law,” the GOP’s appeal of the Board’s decision stated.
“As of 4 p.m. on Thursday, Casey received 48.53% of the vote with 3,359,086 votes and McCormick had 48.90% with 3,385,115,” CBS News <a href="//B5BC2102-431C-4457-8496-C0D2C629A8E3/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, adding, “Counties must begin the recount by Nov. 20, the announcement says. Counties must finish the recount by noon on Nov. 26 and report the results to the secretary of the commonwealth by Nov. 27 at 12 p.m.”
In Pennsylvania, a recount is triggered if a candidate wins by less than a 0.5% margin — but former election officials say a recount &#8220;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-recounts-winners-change-4d8a5000d49f48ee1361a1288cad3b99" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA">might not change the outcome</a> by more than a few hundred votes,” the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/casey-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-recount-f0da8720c540fc1b10328da37135a1ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Senator-Elect McCormick&#8217;s lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear in calling the race,” McCormick spokesperson Elizabeth Gregory stated. “A recount will be a waste of time and taxpayer money, but it is Senator Casey&#8217;s prerogative. Senator-Elect McCormick knows what it&#8217;s like to lose an election and is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion.”

US-VOTE-POLITIC

‘People Violate Laws Any Time They Want’: Dem Election Officials State Willingness To Defy Law Ahead Of Recount

Election Results

Even though the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/why-ap-called-pennsylvania-senate-f9af5d80be39fcc7a2abb8258a8f3ccf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the Pennsylvania Senate race for Republican David McCormick a week ago, incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Casey has refused to concede.
Casey and Democrat attorney Marc Elias publicly contested the election, and the close margin triggered a state recount, though McCormick is still expected to win, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-senate-race-triggers-recount-mccormick-projected-win-casey-yet-concede" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. McCormick currently leads Casey by about 29,000 votes. What’s especially interesting about the push to contest the election by Elias is that his website features a link to an article denouncing Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) Republican challenger for failing to concede.
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Too perfect. The website of Marc Elias, an attorney for Bob Casey, has this article about how Eric Hovde won&#8217;t concede his Wisconsin Senate loss while despite trailing by 29,000 votes. Bob Casey is also down 29,000 votes, and refuses to concede. <a href="https://t.co/NREdmIdB7d">pic.twitter.com/NREdmIdB7d</a>
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1856882192170840337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Baldwin had the same lead – 29,000 votes – as McCormick does.
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
In 2020, contesting or questioning the results of the election led to Republicans being called “election deniers,” so The Daily Wire reached out to every Senate Democrat office to see if they believed Casey was an election denier.
Here are their responses.
Current Democrat Senators:
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Sen. Baldwin’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Sen. Bennet’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Sen. Blumenthal’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Sen. Booker’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Sherrod Brown  (D-OH)
Sen. Brown’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA)
Sen. Butler’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Cantwell’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Sen. Cardin’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
Sen. Carper’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-WI)
Sen. Coon’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Sen. Cortez Masto’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Sen. Duckworth’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
“The race is extremely close, and state officials need time to finish counting ballots,” a spokesperson for Durbin’s office told The Daily Wire. “Sen. Durbin believes that every legal vote must be counted and then a winner will be declared.”
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)
Sen. Fetterman’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry, but his team did send out an email asking for donations to help Casey during the recount in Pennsylvania.
“Folks, I’m going to be real with you: Bob Casey needs our help right now,” the email reads. “His race with Connecticut Dave is still too close to call and we need your help to make sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard.”
“Bob’s team is working hard while votes are still being counted, but they need the resources to make that happen,” the email continues. “Pennsylvania is now the frontline for standing up to Senate Republicans and I need Bob in the Senate with me to keep up the fight.”
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen. Gillibrand’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Sen. Hassan’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Sen. Heinrich’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. George Helmy (D-NJ)
Sen. Helmy’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Sen. Hickenlooper’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Sen. Hirono’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Sen. Kaine’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
Sen. Kelly’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Angus King (D-ME)
Sen. King’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Sen. Klobuchar’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM)
Sen. Lujan’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Sen. Markey’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jeff Merkley  (D-OR)
Sen. Merkley’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Sen. Murphy’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sen. Murray’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Sen. Ossoff’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Sen. Padilla’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)
Sen. Peters’ office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Reed’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Sen. Rosen’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
Sen. Sanders’ office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Sen. Schatz’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Chuck Schumer  (D-NY)
Sen. Schumer’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Sen. Shaheen’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)
Sen. Smith’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Sen. Stabenow’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Jon Tester  (D-MT)
Sen. Tester’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Sen. Van Hollen’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Sen. Warner’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry, but his campaign sent out an email asking for donations to support Casey – and Warner.
“Folks, the race is not over in Pennsylvania,” the fundraising email says. “This Senate race is still too close to call, and we need to act fast to make sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard. Our team needs your help to keep this work going.”
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Sen. Warnock’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Sen. Warren’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)
Sen. Welch’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sen. Whitehouse’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Sen. Ron Wyden  (D-OR)
Sen. Wyden’s office did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Incoming Democrat Senators:
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Alsobrooks did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Rep. Blunt Rochester did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Rep. Gallego did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Rep. Schiff did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Rep. Slotkin did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry.

Sen. Bob Casey

We Asked Every Dem Senator About Bob Casey’s Refusal To Concede. Here Are Their Responses.

We Asked Every Dem Senator About Bob Casey's Refusal To Concede. Here Are Their Responses.

David McCormick

Senate Democrats

The close election between Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican Dave McCormick is heading for a recount automatically triggered by state law, election officials said on Wednesday.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pennsylvania-senate-race-triggers-recount-mccormick-projected-win-casey-yet-concede" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the fewer than 27,000-vote margin (0.39 percentage points) requires the state to conduct a recount. State law <a href="https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dos/newsroom/unofficial-results-in-u-s--senate-race-trigger-legally-required-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requires</a> a recount if &#8220;vote totals [are] within the one-half of 1 percent.&#8221; Multiple outlets, including the Associated Press and Fox News, called the race for McCormick, giving Republicans 53 seats in the Senate, but Casey has refused to concede.
The recount must begin no later than November 20 and finish by noon on November 26, with results published on November 27. Election officials estimated the recount would cost Pennsylvania residents more than $1 million. Since 2004, four automatic recounts have been carried out in Pennsylvania — all of which affirmed the initial results, according to Fox News.
McCormick&#8217;s team remains confident that he will win the race, with spokeswoman Elizabeth Gregory saying that Casey&#8217;s deficit is too much to overcome. With 99% of the ballots counted, McCormick holds 3,383,676 votes to Casey&#8217;s 3,357,191 votes.
&#8220;Senator-elect McCormick’s lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear in calling the race,&#8221; Gregory said in a statement. &#8220;A recount will be a waste of time and taxpayer money but it is Senator Casey’s prerogative. Senator-elect McCormick knows what it’s like to lose an election and is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion.&#8221;
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) initially did not invite McCormick to the Senate orientation. However, after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-caves-invites-mccormick-to-senate-orientation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressure</a> from his colleagues, the Democratic leader reached out to McCormick, and the Republican attended the orientation earlier this week.
<a href="https://www.amiracist.com/?_gl=1*jtghwp*_gcl_au*ODQ1NjYzNTg2LjE3Mjg5MDk3OTE.*_ga*MTc2NzM0NDQ2NS4xNzI4OTA5Nzkx*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTczMDEyMDgwOS40OS4xLjE3MzAxMjA4MzkuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+</a>
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SPOTTED at Senate orientation <a href="https://t.co/4kTUn9Dv0b">pic.twitter.com/4kTUn9Dv0b</a>
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Casey, who has served three terms in the Senate, doubled down on waiting for all the ballots to be counted before conceding, saying in a video posted on Tuesday, &#8220;My priority has always been standing up for the people of Pennsylvania. Across our commonwealth, close to 7 million people cast their votes in a free and fair election. Our county election officials will finish counting those votes, just like they do in every election.&#8221;

Dave McCormick/Bob Casey

Pennsylvania Senate Race Triggers Recount

Congress

Recount

Dave McCormick is attending his first day of Senate orientation at Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) invitation while his opponent, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), refuses to concede.
In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Casey said he is waiting for the remainder of the votes to be counted in his race, which the Associated Press called for McCormick late last week.
“Across our Commonwealth, close to 7 million people cast their votes in a free and fair election,” <a href="https://x.com/Bob_Casey/status/1856344372972863649">Casey said</a>. “Our county election officials will finish counting those votes just like they do in every election. The American democratic process was born in Pennsylvania and that process will play out.”
So far, 98% of votes have been counted, with McCormick leading 49% to Casey’s 48.5%.  As of Tuesday morning, McCormick is ahead by almost 35,000. Under Pennsylvania law, an automatic recount will be triggered if McCormick’s lead is 0.5% or less.
The AP called the race on Thursday after McCormick gained votes in blue districts and maintained a strong lead in red districts. Casey was winning Bucks County north of Philadelphia by less than half a point, despite winning it by 6 points in 2018, WGAL 8 <a href="https://www.wgal.com/article/casey-mccormick-where-does-pennsylvanias-us-senate-race-stand/62871061">reported</a>. 
Meanwhile, photos of McCormick’s appearance in the U.S. Capitol are making the rounds on social media.
In a photo posted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a smiling McCormick is seen holding a “Senator-elect” placard.
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McCormick’s campaign communications director, Elizabeth Gregory, <a href="https://x.com/eliz_gregory/status/1856347262164627760">shared a picture to X</a> of McCormick walking through a Capitol hallway.
“I&#8217;m excited to be here, glad I&#8217;ve been invited to the orientation and get to work for bringing about the change that the people of our great Commonwealth Pennsylvania have &#8230; excited to get to work,” <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1856346943603061041">McCormick said</a> upon his arrival to Fox News.
Schumer initially did not invite McCormick or Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)  to the new Senator orientation, but had a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-caves-invites-mccormick-to-senate-orientation">change of heart</a> after pressure from colleagues, Semafor <a href="https://x.com/burgessev/status/1856317748948639840?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">reported</a>.
“Ruben Gallego and David McCormick have been invited to attend orientation,” a Schumer spokesman said Tuesday.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) called for both Gallego and McCormick to receive invitations, pointing out that it took 6 days for her 2018 race to be counted. 
“I jumped on a redeye to DC to make senate orientation-I learned so much &amp; made lasting relationships that week,” <a href="https://x.com/kyrstensinema/status/1855753841439813977">Sinema tweeted</a>. “Dave McCormick &amp; Ruben Gallego will be Senators for PA &amp; AZ. They should be invited to orientation &amp; start learning the job.”
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) echoed Sinema on X.
“While we are losing a good person and colleague in Senator Bob Casey, I believe the Senate will be gaining another good man in Senator-Elect David McCormick,” <a href="https://x.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1855687165226705344">he wrote</a>.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1855713897690583215">said</a> some senators were planning to “personally escort McCormick into the building if necessary” before McCormick was given the invitation.
McCormick filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Philadelphia Board of Election and three city commissioners over provisional ballots. McCormick’s case seeks to challenge provisional ballots submitted by mail but were deemed invalid, in order to have the ballots sequestered until “further action is taken by the United States Supreme Court,” <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-senate-david-mccormick-bob-casey-lawsuit/">according to WHYY</a>.

Bob Casey Refuses To Concede As Dave McCormick Begins Senate Orientation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has invited Pennsylvania Republican Senator-elect Dave McCormick to the Senate orientation despite Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) holding out on a concession.
On Thursday, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-senate-2024-election-david-mccormick-casey-866a8712dea0b52b5d8d6b4844968b53" target="_blank" rel="noopener">projected</a> that McCormick would win the race over Casey, but Democrats have refused to concede as ballots are still being processed. McCormick leads Casey by more than 35,000 votes, with 99% of the ballots counted. Schumer initially did not send invitations for Senate orientation to McCormick or Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego, but after pressure from colleagues, Schumer changed his mind, POLITICO <a href="https://x.com/burgessev/status/1856317748948639840?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;Ruben Gallego and David McCormick have been invited to attend orientation,&#8221; a spokesman for Schumer said on Tuesday.
Multiple outlets have yet to declare a winner in the Pennsylvania race, and Casey, a three-term senator, is still telling voters he is waiting for more ballots to be counted.
&#8220;Our Commonwealth ran a free and fair election, and we are still waiting on the final results,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/Bob_Casey/status/1856063317741117611" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Monday. &#8220;Our election officials will continue counting ballots and ensure that Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard.&#8221;
Multiple senators, however, urged Schumer to extend the invitations to McCormick and Gallego. Outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) <a href="https://x.com/kyrstensinema/status/1855753841439813977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X on Sunday, &#8220;In 2018 my race wasn’t called for 6 days. I jumped on a redeye to DC to make senate orientation-I learned so much &amp; made lasting relationships that week. Dave McCormick &amp; Ruben Gallego will be Senators for PA &amp; AZ. They should be invited to orientation &amp; start learning the job.&#8221;
Some Republican senators <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1855713897690583215" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they would &#8220;personally escort McCormick into the building&#8221; if Schumer didn&#8217;t extend an invitation. &#8220;It’s an absolute outrage that Schumer is trying to exclude @DaveMcCormickPA from new-senator orientation,&#8221; Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted on X on Sunday.
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Schumer was also pushed by moderate Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) to send an invitation to McCormick, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4985518-schumer-mccormick-gallego-senate-orientation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
With McCormick&#8217;s win, Republicans will hold 53 seats in the new Senate, giving President-elect Donald Trump a comfortable Republican majority as he begins his second term on January 20. Republicans are also projected to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-projected-to-win-house-complete-2024-sweep" target="_blank" rel="noopener">keep their control</a> of the House.

Schumer Caves, Invites McCormick To Senate Orientation

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The Wall Street Journal took Democrats to task on Sunday, accusing them of &#8220;election denial&#8221; for refusing to concede the Pennsylvania Senate race.
Dave McCormick, the Republican challenger, is currently <a href="https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/General/US-Senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading</a> in Pennsylvania by less than 40,000 votes with more than 95% of votes counted. The Associated Press projected McCormick as the winner on Thursday.
Nevertheless, Democratic Senator Bob Casey, who is seeking a fourth term, has refused to concede.
Only 87,000 provisional ballots are left to count. Provisional ballots are those with some legal hangup, such as mail ballot issues or voter registration questions.
As the race stands now, Casey seems unlikely to pull ahead.
The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh counties have about 30,000 provisional ballots left to count, and the rest come from other parts of the state where McCormick was more successful. So far, Casey has won the around 7,700 provisional ballots counted so far by about 54% to 46%. Even if he maintains this margin, he will not come out ahead of McCormick, the Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-for-election-denial-pennsylvania-mccormick-casey-elias-1a1c5bdc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out.
However, Democrats may be gunning for an automatic recount.
Right now, McCormick&#8217;s margin of victory stands around .06%, but if it falls below 0.5%, it would trigger an automatic recount under state law.
If a recount happens, Marc Elias, an elections lawyer for the Democratic Party, may try to challenge certain ballots cast for McCormick or even search for more ballots cast for Casey, the Journal predicted.
Elias has managed to do this before.
In the 2008 Minnesota Senate race, Elias convinced a judge to count previously rejected ballots for Al Franken and overturn the lead of the Republican challenger.
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer showed his hand when he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/schumer-casey-mccormick-senate-orientation-00188644" target="_blank" rel="noopener">barred</a> McCormick from attending Senate orientation this week, indicating he does not yet consider McCormick the winner.
The move triggered outrage from Republican senators.
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&#8220;What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?&#8221; Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) posted Sunday on social media.
&#8220;The idea that Schumer would not allow him to participate in Senate orientation is beyond unacceptable,” Senator John Thune (R-SD), the Senate minority whip, posted Sunday.
“The voters of Pennsylvania have spoken. Looking forward to having Dave’s strong voice in the Senate Republican Conference,” Thune said.
Thune is in the running for Senate Majority Leader, along with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). Republicans plan to vote Wednesday on who will take over that role in January.
The Journal said it would &#8220;await the outraged editorials denouncing this threat to democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;Did someone say &#8216;election denial?'&#8221; the paper said.
“Mathematically, there’s no path for Senator Casey to win,” McCormick said Sunday on Fox News, adding, “Ultimately, Senator Casey’s going to have to decide when he’s willing to acknowledge that.”

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WSJ Editorial Board Accuses Dems Of ‘Election Denial’

WSJ Editorial Board Accuses Dems Of 'Election Denial' 

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Republican businessman Dave McCormick on Thursday declared victory in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania against his opponent, incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA).
With 99% of the votes counted, McCormick was up on the three-term Democrat by more than 30,000 votes following President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in the state.
&#8220;McCormick is up 30,679 votes with more to come, as ruby red Cambria County is still outstanding,&#8221; said Elizabeth Gregory, McCormick&#8217;s communications director.
&#8220;While votes continue to be counted, any way you slice it, Dave McCormick will be the next United States Senator from Pennsylvania,&#8221; she added.
Casey has faced growing calls from Republican senators to concede the race since he does not appear to have a shot at overtaking McCormick in the vote count.
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Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told CNBC on Thursday that he believes the seat in Pennsylvania was a done deal for Republicans and that it was time for Casey to concede.
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We’re still closely monitoring several races—we’re confident <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveMcCormickPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaveMcCormickPA</a> has won in Pennsylvania, and the race will be called. Sen. Casey should concede. <a href="https://t.co/OdPEGq0cM5">pic.twitter.com/OdPEGq0cM5</a>
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called for Casey to concede in a post on X: &#8220;Senator Bob Casey should concede to senator-elect Dave McCormick.&#8221;
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Senator Bob Casey should concede to senator-elect Dave McCormick.
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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) also posted on X that it was time for Casey to concede: &#8220;Bob Casey’s campaign website says he ran to &#8216;protect our democracy.'&#8221;
&#8220;Now’s his chance by honoring the will of Pennsylvania voters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He lost. He knows he lost. He needs to concede to Senator-elect McCormick.&#8221;

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McCormick Declares Victory In Pennsylvania; Pressure Mounts For Casey To Concede

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick made his final pitch to undecided voters in the gymnasium of his old high school Sunday night.
McCormick touted himself as a candidate who will bring more positive change to the Senate than his opponent, longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who was first elected in 2007.
&#8220;This is a race between change and the status quo. I represent change. I&#8217;m a seventh-generation Pennsylvanian, West Point grad, combat vet, businessman, political outsider,” McCormick said. “I&#8217;m going there for the sole purpose of shaking things up and getting America back on track.&#8221; 
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I met up with <a href="https://twitter.com/DaveMcCormickPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaveMcCormickPA</a> who gave his final pitch for why undecided Pennsylvania voters should elect him to the U.S. Senate.
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The businessman also pushed back on Casey’s attempt to position himself as a moderate.
“If you look at his voting record, he’s voted 99 percent of the time with this extreme liberal agenda, including voting for males being able to compete in women’s sports,” McCormick said. “These positions may be in line with San Francisco liberal extremism, but they’re not in line with Pennsylvania.”
McCormick added that, if he wins, he would limit himself to just two terms.
&#8220;Bob Casey is a 30-year career politician &#8230; he&#8217;s the son of a high-profile governor, and he&#8217;s lived off his father&#8217;s name. &#8230; And he&#8217;s voted on these extreme liberal policies that are simply out of step with Pennsylvania,” McCormick said.
McCormick, whose wife, Dina Powell, served as the deputy national security advisor for strategy under Donald Trump, slammed Mark Cuban for claiming that Trump does not surround himself with intelligent, strong women.
“For him to say that is factually not true, because President Trump had many strong women around him,” McCormick said. “It’s also just an insult to every woman in America.”
McCormick narrowly lost Pennsylvania’s last Republican senate primary to Mehmet Oz, who went on to lose to Sen. John Fetterman.

PA GOP Senate Candidate Dave McCormick Campaigns Ahead Of Election Day

GOP Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Dave McCormick Makes His Final Pitch To Voters

With just one day until the 2024 presidential election, another Democrat is flip-flopping on support for trans-identifying men in women&#8217;s sports.
In a new ad, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey <a href="https://host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/140ada49-c761-4383-9112-9cb2dd377edf">accuses Republican opponent Dave McCormick</a> of lying about Casey&#8217;s well-documented record on LGBTQ issues.
&#8220;Dave McCormick and his billionaire backers think they can fool you about anything,&#8221; the ad says. &#8220;The truth? Bob Casey&#8217;s not for men and girls&#8217; sports.&#8221;
But as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bob-caseys-long-history-of-fighting-to-allow-men-in-womens-spaces">reported</a>, Casey has a long history of fighting for men in women&#8217;s sports. He co-sponsored the Equality Act, legislation that would have allowed men who identify as women into female locker rooms, prisons, shelters, and more. He has expressed support for child gender transitions and called Republicans “extreme” for objecting to men in women’s spaces.
Casey is one of several Democrats who have reversed their position on transgender issues during this election cycle as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trump-learned-to-embrace-the-transgender-culture-wars">more and more Americans voice their displeasure</a> with the increasingly radical LGBTQ policies pushed by leftist activists. In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ted-cruzs-challenger-says-he-doesnt-want-men-in-womens-sports-his-record-says-otherwise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alaska-democrat-flips-on-men-in-womens-sports-following-daily-wire-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alaska</a>, Colin Allred and Mary Peltola both are backing away from their former votes and stances on the topic.
Casey, who is supported by the far-left <a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-endorses-pennsylvania-sen-bob-casey-for-reelection">Human Rights Campaign</a> and <a href="https://glaad.org/election-2024-pa-senate-candidates-on-the-record/">GLAAD,</a> did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
A final Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey <a href="https://emersoncollegepolling.com/november-2024-final-swing-state-polls-too-close-to-call-election-for-president/">released Monday</a> found Casey and McCormick tied ahead of election day: each candidate has 47% of the vote, the poll found, with 6% of voters undecided.
When the NCAA announced it was pulling its 2016-17 neutral-site games from North Carolina over <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bathroom-battles-erupt-over-transgender-issue-1458862031?mod=article_inline">legislation</a> banning trans-identifying males from women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, Casey actually invited the NCAA to Pennsylvania, writing in a September 2016 letter to the president of the NCAA: &#8220;Pennsylvania is proud of its diversity across the Commonwealth.&#8221;
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“We strive to achieve equality for the people who both reside and visit the Commonwealth regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or sexual identification,&#8221; he wrote.
“I certainly wish it was a letter nobody had to write,” Casey <a href="https://epgn.com/2016/09/16/casey-urges-ncaa-to-move-championships-to-pennsylvania/">told Philadelphia Gay News</a> during this same time period. “If the state government in North Carolina had done the right thing, nobody would have to write a letter suggesting alternate locations.”
He also described Pennsylvania as &#8220;more tolerant and more accepting than what the state government in North Carolina displayed.”
Casey has also called Republicans “extreme” for focusing on males in women’s spaces.
“No one should fear for their safety because of the gender with which they identify,” he tweeted in August 2020, referring to an article on the beating of a trans-identifying man. “Yet some extreme Republican politicians care more about what bathrooms transgender people use, or what sports team they play on, than they do about violence against transgender women of color.”
The Daily Caller News Foundation <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/23/bob-casey-males-female-sports/">first reported a June 2023 letter from Casey</a> expressing support for “young adult” transgender transition attempts, in which he argued that concerns about males in women’s sports were based on “overgeneralized” and “unfounded assumptions.”
“The decision to transition is a profoundly significant and challenging one that young adults make after careful consideration,” Casey wrote, according to the Daily Caller. “This is a conclusion that young adults reach after extensive consultation with their medical providers and loved ones, and with the knowledge of the tremendous social obstacles that unfortunately lie ahead.”

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