Democrats hold out hope in Pennsylvania Senate race as Republicans declare victory

NBC News hasn't yet called the Senate race in Pennsylvania, where Republican Dave McCormick holds a narrow lead over Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.

Pennsylvania's hotly contested Senate race hangs in the balance nearly a week after Election Day, with Republicans declaring victory and Democrats holding out hope that the remaining batch of outstanding ballots will allow them to close the gap.

NBC News has yet to project a winner in the contest between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick, who are separated by just over 40,000 votes with 98% of the expected vote in. An estimated 122,000 ballots have yet to be tallied.

McCormick declared victory Thursday after The Associated Press called the race in his favor. Since then, he and his GOP allies in Washington have ramped up the pressure on Casey to concede, arguing he has no path to victory.

"The AP called this race a number of days ago because mathematically, there's no path for Sen. Casey to win," McCormick said in a Fox News interview Sunday.

"Ultimately, Sen. Casey's going to have to decide when he's ready to acknowledge that," he added.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/pennsylvania-senate-race-mccormick-casey-rcna179498

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