AP: Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

MARC LEVY

Updated 6:20 PM EST, November 21, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, as a statewide recount showed no signs of closing the gap and his campaign suffered repeated blows in court in its effort to get potentially favorable ballots counted.

Casey’s concession comes more than two weeks after Election Day, as a grindingly slow ballot-counting process became a spectacle of hours-long election board meetings, social media outrage, lawsuits and accusations that some county officials were openly flouting the law.

Republicans had been claiming that Democrats were trying to steal McCormick’s seat by counting “illegal votes.” Casey’s campaign had accused of Republicans of trying to block enough votes to prevent him from pulling ahead and winning.

In a statement, Casey said he had just called McCormick to congratulate him.

“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 said.

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[jimfields33]

1. That recount was fast. Holy cow.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. I think the recount is still happening.

I assume that between the ballots that hadn't yet been counted and the first recount results it became clear that there's no path to victory.

This one hurts.

[hlthe2b]

2. Damn, damn, damn...

[mvd]

3. I just saw this but was too depressed to post it

I didn’t see the recount results but I guess they were too much to overcome.

[tritsofme]

4. Between Casey, Baldwin, and Slotkin, I wouldn't have guessed it would be him to go down.

[Seasider]

6. Tough year for the 2006 class

We lose Tester, Brown and now Casey.