Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey on Thursday conceded within the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania to Republican challenger Dave McCormick.
In an e-mail from his marketing campaign, Casey, a Democrat, mentioned he known as McCormick to congratulate him on his win within the race.
“As the primary depend of ballots is accomplished, Pennsylvanians can transfer ahead with the information that their voices had been heard, whether or not their vote was the primary to be counted or the final,” the e-mail mentioned partly.
Casey acknowledged that the race was one of many closest within the state’s historical past and the ongoing authorized battles over vote counting.
“And we stood up towards efforts to silence and disenfranchise voters in each nook of the Commonwealth. Because of our work within the courts, practically a thousand eligible voters in Philadelphia may have their votes counted, regardless of efforts to throw them out,” he mentioned within the e-mail.
McCormick adopted up with a press release thanking Casey.
“Senator Bob Casey devoted his profession to bettering our commonwealth. Dina and I need to prolong our honest gratitude to Senator Casey, Terese, and their household for his or her many years of service, exhausting work, and private sacrifice,” he mentioned in an e-mail from his marketing campaign.
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A recount for the race is presently ongoing as a result of the unofficial vote tally was inside a 0.5% margin, which triggers an computerized recount. Outcomes of the recount are anticipated to be shared by the state on Wednesday.
That is the fourth time the state has carried out a recount in an election since 2004. None of these instances did the recount change the result.
McCormick gave a victory speech earlier this month after the Related Press projected him profitable the race. CBS Information has not projected a winner within the race. He addressed a lawsuit his marketing campaign filed difficult provisional ballots in Philadelphia which might be nonetheless being counted. The state Supreme Court docket earlier this yr dominated that provisional ballots are a legitimate technique to right errors on mail-in ballots which have errors on them resembling no signature or no secrecy envelope.
Sen. John Fetterman, who additionally represents the Keystone State, mentioned in a press release that Casey’s legacy “is a greater Pennsylvania.”
Casey, a Scranton native, served three phrases within the U.S. Senate. He was beforehand state auditor basic and treasurer.
McCormick, born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and raised in Bloomsburg, was CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. He sat on former President Donald Trump’s Protection Advisory Board and served in prime positions underneath President George W. Bush.
