Senate Republicans are optimistic that Sen. Bob Casey (D) can expand his majority to 53 seats next year. following In Pennsylvania, with 95% of the votes counted, he lost more than 50,000 votes to Republican David McCormick.
They had a big night on Tuesday, winning Sen. Joe Manchin's (I) seat in West Virginia, and third-term Sens. Sherrod Brown (D) and Jon Tester in Ohio and Montana. He secured his position by defeating the senator (Democratic Party) by a wide margin. Next year, it will have a majority of 52 seats in the Senate.
Senate Republican strategists are now confident of defeating Casey, who has represented Pennsylvania in the Senate since 2006.
“Pennsylvania is probably an R,” said a Senate Republican strategist.
Election officials are still waiting to count about 50,000 ballots in Cambria County, a Republican stronghold, due to a scanner malfunction.
Mark Davin Harris, a consultant to the McCormick campaign, said: predicted Social media platform insisted.
“Casey not only can’t; [catch] McCormick, but it's likely McCormick's lead will widen in the coming hours. “It's all over now, but the decision is official,” he posted.
McCormick helped former President Trump win a decisive victory in the state. Trump led Pennsylvania with 51% of the vote and had a lead of more than 155,000 votes over Harris with 95% of votes counted.
In Nevada, the race between Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican Sam Brown is a “hugely close” race, and Senate Republicans could extend their majority to 54 seats. With 84% of votes counted, Brown leads Rosen by less than 1,000 votes.
But Senate Republicans believe the race could swing toward Mr. Rosen.
The Republican strategist said many of Nevada's outstanding votes are mail-in votes that likely favor Democratic incumbents, but Republicans are winning a significantly larger share of mail-in votes compared to 2020. he pointed out.
“I don't know about Arizona, but they continue to chip away at that lead and still have a lot of outstanding votes,” the source said.
And Republicans are still holding out hope that Republican Kari Lake might catch up with Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona, although Democrats maintain a sizable lead.
With 60% of votes counted, Gallego led 50% to 48%, beating Lake by 61,000 votes.
Senate Democrats got some good news Wednesday morning when Decision Desk headquarters predicted that Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) will be the winner in Wisconsin.
Baldwin led businessman Eric Hovde by more than 28,000 votes (49.4% to 48.5%), with more than 95% of votes counted.
Senate Republican John Thune (S.D.), who is running to become the next Senate Republican leader, expressed optimism that the projected Senate Republican majority will continue to grow.
“While we await additional results, we hope that President Trump will succeed, that our majority will grow stronger, and that we will continue to work together to create a safer and more secure country for all Americans,” he said in a released statement. I am optimistic that we will be able to do so.” early morning.
He then congratulated President Trump on his victory and promised to “work with the Trump-Vance administration.”
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is also running for top Senate Republican leadership, said he expects the incoming Republican majority to work “closely” with Mr. Trump.
“I look forward to continuing to work with him and my Republican colleagues to serve our country, get his administration started, get the Senate working again and make America great again.” said.
Republican candidates Tim Sheehy and Bernie Moreno narrowly won Montana and Ohio, the top two Republican targets on the Senate map after West Virginia, which was expected to be an easy win. I got it.
In Montana, Mr. Sheehy defeated Mr. Tester by 8 points, 53% to 45%, with 92% of the votes counted, and in Ohio, Mr. Moreno won by 4 points, 50% to 46%, with more than 95% of the votes counted. .
Senate Republican incumbents in Nebraska, Texas, and Florida, all of which appeared to be in jeopardy, ended up with relatively easy wins.
In Nebraska, with over 95% of votes counted, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) defeated Dan Osborne by 8 points, 54% to 46%.
In Texas, with more than 95% of votes counted, Sen. Ted Cruz (R) defeated Rep. Colin Allred (D) by 9 points, 53% to 44%.
And in Florida, with more than 95% of the votes counted, Sen. Rick Scott (R) defeated former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel Powell (D) by 13 points, 56% to 43%.
“It's really interesting when you calculate the amount of money Democrats spent in Florida, Nebraska, and Texas to lose close to double digits in every state, and look at how many votes Bob Casey is likely to lose. “It will happen,” he said. Senate Republican strategist.
The strategist predicted that once all the votes were counted, the final result would most likely be a Republican-controlled Senate with 53 seats.
“We wanted 52 [seats] But we also wanted to beat it. [a Democratic incumbent] in one of the blue wall states, such as Pennsylvania,” the source said.
