(Updated Thursday, Nov. 7)
The Republican surge in Pennsylvania grew even more impressive Thursday, as the GOP captured the biggest statewide election of the cycle when Dave McCormick was declared the winner in his bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr.
The vote was extremely close, and when all counting is finished the margin might be less than .5%, which would trigger a recount. The margin, though, was enough for the Associated Press to call the race Thursday afternoon.
Sen. Casey spoke out for the first time since the announcement on Thursday night, saying there were still more than 100,000 votes to be counted and he was not conceding the race.
His campaign released a statement saying in part, “I have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election.”
According to the AP, McCormick was leading by more than 30,000 votes when the AP called the race at 4:09 p.m. and said in a report, “though there were an estimated 91,000 votes still outstanding, there were not enough in areas supporting Casey to make up the difference.”
Here’s your roundup of other local and statewide election results from Tuesday’s election.
Republicans notched big victories in Pennsylvania’s state offices: the State Attorney General race went to Dave Sunday with 51% of the vote, beating Eugene DePasquale for the state’s top law enforcement role; and Stacy Garrity declared victory over Democrat Erin McClelland for State Treasurer after earning 52% of the vote.
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, of Philadelphia, lost his bid to become the state’s Auditor General, losing by about 6% to Republican incumbent Timothy DeFoor. Kenyatta also ran for reelection unopposed and will retain his 181st District seat.
In addition, a contested race for an open Pa. state House seat in Northeast Philly’s 172nd District still has not been called.
The seat could be crucial in determining whether Democrats hold on to their one-vote majority in that legislative body or Republicans seize back control. As of 2:49 p.m. Wednesday, Democrat Sean Dougherty led Republican Aizaz Gill by about 500 votes, almost 2%, with 99% of the votes counted.
U.S. House
District 1
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick earned a fifth term representing Bucks County, receiving 57% of the vote and defeating Democratic challenger and Army veteran Ashley Ehasz
District 2
Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle earned 71% of votes and defeated Republican Aaron Bashir. Boyle, 47, was running for a sixth term in his heavily Democratic district in Philadelphia.
District 3
Rep. Dwight Evans, a Democrat, was unopposed and will serve a fifth term.
District 4
Rep. Madeleine Dean, 65, won her reelection bid for a third term in the 4th Congressional District, representing most of Montgomery County. She received 59% of the vote, defeating Republican David Winkler.
District 5
Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon won reelection over Republican candidate Alfeia Goodwin, 65% to 35%. Scanlon was running for a fourth term in her Democratic-leaning district based in Delaware County, just outside Philadelphia.
District 6
Democrat Rep. Chrissy Houlihan, who represents parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties, defeated challenger Neil Young with 56% of votes cast.
Pennsylvania House
In most of the state House races the incumbent was the only candidate. In the 201st, Rep. Stephen Kinsey didn’t seek reelection, and just one candidate ran to succeed him.
10th District – Amen Brown (Democrat, incumbent)
170th District – Martina White (Republican, incumbent)
173rd District – Pat Gallagher (Democrat, incumbent)
174th District – Ed Neilson (Democrat, incumbent)
175th District – MaryLouise Isaacson (Democrat, incumbent)
177th District – Joe Hohenstein (Democrat, incumbent)
179th District – Jason Dawkins (Democrat, incumbent)
180th District – Jose A. Giral (Democrat, incumbent)
181st District – Malcolm Kenyatta (Democratic, incumbent)
182nd District – Ben Waxman (Democrat, incumbent)
184th District – Elizabeth Fiedler (Democrat, incumbent)
185th District – Regina G. Young (Democrat, incumbent)
186th District – Jordan A. Harris (Democrat, incumbent)
188th District – Rick Krajewski (Democrat, incumbent)
190th District – G. Roni Green (Democrat, incumbent)
191st District – Joanna E. McClinton (Democrat, incumbent)
192nd District – Morgan Cephas (Democrat, incumbent)
194th District – Tarik Khan (Democrat, incumbent)
195th District – Keith Harris (Democrat, incumbent)
197th District – Danilo Burgos (Democrat, incumbent)
198th District – Darisha K. Parker (Democrat, incumbent)
200th District – Chris Rabb (Democrat, incumbent)
201st District – Andre D. Carroll (Democrat)
202nd District – Jared Solomon (Democrat, incumbent)
203rd District – Anthony Bellmon (Democrat, incumbent)
Pennsylvania Senate
Four state senators representing Philadelphia were up for reelection this year. Democratic incumbents Nikil Saval, Vincent Hughes and Sharif Street ran unopposed.
In the 5th District, Republican Joe Picozzi led incumbent Jimmy Dillon by about 1,600 votes (47,693 to 45,951) as of 3:32 a.m. Wednesday.
