Casey urges patience in vote-counting for Pa. U.S. Senate race as McCormick returns to Connecticut

[Polybius]

Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star

After the Associated Press called the race in his favor, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick gave a victory speech in Pittsburgh on Friday, thanking incumbent Sen. Bob Casey for his service to Pennsylvania and urging him to concede.

“I also recognize what it’s like to lose a close election,” McCormick said Friday, pointing to Pennsylvania’s 2022 GOP U.S. Senate primary, where he lost to Mehmet Oz by less than 1,000 votes. “We knew on election night we had won, because the math was clear and there’s no way for Senator Casey to win, and the AP certainly recognized that yesterday by calling the race.”

But on Saturday morning, as ballots continued to be counted that could determine whether he would be Pennsylvania’s next U.S. Senator, McCormick flew to Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Casey hammered McCormick for his Connecticut connection throughout the campaign, repeatedly pointing to an August 2023 AP article which maintained that the former hedge fund CEO continued to live in Connecticut even as he sought to represent the people of Pennsylvania.

Read more: https://penncapital-star.com/election-2024/casey-urges-patience-in-vote-counting-for-pa-u-s-senate-race-as-mccormick-returns-to-connecticut/

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Vote tally so far:

Casey with 3,330,514 votes, or 48.43%

McCormick’s with 3,370,659 votes, or 49.01%

[ificandream]

1. More proof of how blind magats are.

The guy has little interest in Pennsylvania, yet they voted for him.

[JohnSJ]

2. How could so many Pennsylvanians be so stupid to vote for someone who doesn't even have ties to the state.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. CT gets a 3rd Senator because the people of PA are fucking idiots. That's our world now.

[LauraInLA]

4. Ballot curing is happening in phone banks and on the ground until Tuesday afternoon.

[Historic NY]

5. Well perhaps they need to fix their dumb ass ballot crap///

dating and signing and envelope.....

[LauraInLA]

6. Maybe, but right now we're trying to help voters fix their ballots in the current system. And you can help.

[Deminpenn]

7. Heard McCormick also filed

a lawsuit seeking to toss provisional ballots. Tells me, despite his claim, McCormick isn't sure he'll the math will work out in his favor.

[Polybius]

8. The counting has been at a snail's pace since I posted this on Sunday

Here's how it looks now:

Casey with 3,350,973 votes, or 48.5%

McCormick’s with 3,380,310 votes, or 48.9%

How many votes are left, and when will counting be over?

[bluestarone]

9. I thought i heard that the ballots won't be counted until

Thursday. (tomorrow)