Pennsylvania's incumbent Democratic senator, Bob Casey, has yet to cede the race to Republican challenger Dave McCormick, despite multiple media reports reporting the race favoring Republicans.
McCormick was announced as the winner Thursday by a number of media outlets, including Politico and the Associated Press. local publications, confirm His narrow victory. Pennsylvania was one of four seats flipped by Republicans, along with seats in Ohio, West Virginia and Montana.
Despite McCormick's widely acknowledged victory, Casey refuses to admit defeat.
“I have dedicated my life to ensuring that the voices of Pennsylvanians are heard, whether it's on the Senate floor or in free and fair elections,” Casey said in a statement. post X after the election results. “It has become clear that more than 100,000 votes have yet to be counted. Pennsylvania is the birthplace of our democratic process.”
“What happened to all the demands we made for our leaders to accept the election results?”
“We have to move forward with that process and make sure that every vote that is counted is counted,” Casey continued. “That’s what Pennsylvania deserves.”
Since then, all social media posts from McCormick's campaign account have said that ballots are still being counted, even though McCormick had already been declared the winner.
“Our Commonwealth held a free and fair election, and we are still awaiting final results,” Casey said. said “Election officials continue to count ballots and work to ensure Pennsylvanians' voices are heard,” he said in a post on X on Monday.
Casey was not the only Senate Democrat to object to McCormick's selection. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer suspended Mr. McCormick's invitation to the Senate orientation drew critical reactions from his Republican colleagues.
“Mr. Schumer will not tolerate it.” [McCormick] Mr. Casey has refused to concede the race, which is why I am participating in this week's Senate orientation,” said Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida. said “What happened to all the demands for our nation's leaders to accept the election results?” in a Sunday post from X.
“Senator Schumer is refusing permission.” [McCormick] “Even if the race is called, I plan to attend Senate orientation next week,” said Republican Sen. Eric Schmidt of Missouri. said In a post on X, he said, “Chuck is an 'election denier' and this is an 'attack on our democracy.'
Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) floated The idea is to escort McCormick to the Capitol with other Republican senators. Since then, Schumer extended It's an invitation to McCormick, who attended Tuesday's Senate orientation.
As of this writing, Casey has yet to cede the race.
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