Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat, ousts Bob Casey

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 4:15 PM EST, November 7, 2024


HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war.

The battleground state contest pads Republicans’ majority in the Senate, which they wrested from Democratic control this week. McCormick, 59, recaptured a GOP seat in Pennsylvania that Republicans lost in 2022, paying off a bet that party brass made when they urged McCormick to run and consolidated support behind him.

McCormick drew on contacts from across the worlds of government, politics and finance to secure backing for his campaign after he was CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund and served at the highest levels of former President George W. Bush’s administration.

Beating Casey is earth-shaking for Pennsylvania’s Democratic establishment. Casey is the namesake of a former two-term governor and Pennsylvania’s longest-serving Democrat ever in the Senate. Until Tuesday, Casey had won six statewide general elections going back to 1996.

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[badhair77]

1. Billionaires put a load of money in that race.

Surely they’ll get something huge for their investment. McCormick’s ads were full of negativity and lies. He fits in well with the majority of the new Senate. Casey cared about his constituents; McCormick will fly back and forth from his home in Connecticut.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Casey had a huge war chest too - he was running 5x as many ads here in Philly against McCormick and started early

It was that extra GOP/Indie vote that rose up as an anti-incumbency thing.

[demodonkey]

3. Not so fast

There are probably at least 100,000 votes or more still outstanding in the provisionals and military/overseas ballots, and torn/damaged ballots that have yet to be added to the total. When things are this close, those votes count dearly and could shake up the results. In my little county alone, out of about 80 thousand voters there are over 1000 votes still outstanding.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Well AP (and everyone else) called it but Casey is protesting and hasn't conceded

Here in Philly, I know they still have to finish counting the mail ballots and provisionals and still have the livestream going -

ETA - I just found this and posted it - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143335687

[Jit423]

5. THIS!