The U.S. Senate race between Republican Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey will go through a recount after the senator declined to waive one Wednesday.
Pennsylvania’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race is headed to a recount after incumbent Sen.who narrowly leads three-term Democrat Casey by less than 0.5%, the threshold for triggering an automatic recount.This will be the eighth time the state’s automatic recount law has been triggered since it was established in 2004 and the fourth time a recount has actually occurred. The Department of State estimated it would cost more than $1 million in state dollars.
If McCormick’s lead holds following the recount, it’ll be the end of an era of Pennsylvania politics. Casey, the son of governor, had won six statewide elections by significant margins. His Senate career spanned four presidencies from George W. Bush throughCasey had until noon Wednesday to waive a recount, but did not exercise that option, so a recount will proceed.
Recounts often result in the final tallies of votes changing slightly for each candidate. But those corrections can go in either direction and usually only impact an extremely small fraction of votes. It is exceedingly rare for a recount to change the ultimate outcome of a statewide race, especially one divided by around 30,000 votes., the state’s top Democrat, declined to comment on the recount, deferring to the Department of State.
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