Republican challenger Dave McCormick narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania on Thursday.
McCormick won the seat with 48.9%.Casey managed to secure 48.5%., According to To Politico. Pennsylvania is the fourth Senate seat that Republicans have flipped this election cycle, along with Montana, West Virginia and Ohio.
Republicans currently hold a majority in the Senate with 53 seats, while Democrats hold 45 seats. Senate elections in Nevada and Arizona have not yet been called.
Casey is provided Since first being elected in 2006, he has won three elections by wide margins as one of Pennsylvania's two senators. This time, McCormick was able to: ahVelcome Casey went from holding a nearly eight-point lead in August to a 0.4-point lead in November.
These poll numbers set off alarm bells for the Casey camp in the weeks leading up to the election. Mr. Casey has refocused his campaign to moderate his policies and distance himself from his party, running pro-Trump ads and at times calling himself an “independent.”
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