GOP Sen-elect Dave McCormick defeats longtime Democratic incumbent: 'The math is indisputable'

Senate Republicans picked up a cardinal spot Thursday day erstwhile Trump-backed businessman Dave McCormick defeated longtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey successful a closely-watched Pennsylvania race.

The Associated Press (AP) called the contention for McCormick, who was leading by a little much than 30,000 votes.

Casey released a statement connected X, formerly Twitter, aft the AP’s call, pointing to immoderate 100,000 votes helium said person yet to beryllium counted. 

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Senator Bob Casey (D- PA) addresses supporters earlier erstwhile President Barack Obama speaks during a run rally for statewide Democratic candidates connected September 21, 2018 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

"Pennsylvania is wherever our antiauthoritarian process was born. We indispensable let that process to play retired and guarantee that each ballot that is eligible to beryllium counted volition beryllium counted. This is what Pennsylvania deserves," helium wrote successful part. 

McCormick told "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday helium believes helium was elected due to the fact that voters "want change."

"I deliberation they represented that tendency for alteration by electing President Trump. I deliberation the aforesaid with me. They're profoundly distressed by the skyrocketing prices, the wide unfastened border, the crime successful our cities, the warfare connected fossil fuels, and they privation alteration and communal consciousness leadership," helium said. 

Pennsylvania Republican Senate campaigner Dave McCormick greets supporters astatine the Indigo Hotel during a superior predetermination nighttime lawsuit connected May 17, 2022 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

McCormick’s 2024 run was his 2nd effort astatine gaining a spot successful the U.S. Senate. He lost the Republican Senate primary successful 2022 to personage Dr. Mehmet Oz.

The West Point postgraduate told Fox News big Laura Ingraham he’s "honored" to service the radical of Pennsylvania.

"I'm truthful excited. It's a captious clip for our country, and I'm honored to correspond the large radical of Pennsylvania — careless of party, by the way, represent, you know, Democrats, Republicans, Independents," helium said. "My occupation is to correspond each azygous 1 of them."

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Republican Senate campaigner Dave McCormick speaks during a run lawsuit astatine Desaki edifice connected November 2, 2024, successful Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

McCormick added that helium believes there’s nary "mathematical path" for Casey to triumph based connected the outstanding votes. 

"I mislaid an predetermination by 900 votes, truthful I cognize — I cognize you got to process it. I cognize Sen. Casey's got to process this, and he's been successful elected bureau for 30 years. His family's had a large history of nationalist service, and so, you know, he's going to person to find his mode to the close answer," helium said. "But I deliberation the mathematics is indisputable, and I deliberation that's wherefore the AP called it and wherefore we're assured moving guardant to commencement preparing to beryllium the adjacent legislator from Pennsylvania."

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The Fox News Decision Desk projected Tuesday nighttime that Republicans would flip the Senate, taking power for the archetypal clip successful 3 years.