Fetterman criticizes AP for calling Pennsylvania Senate race
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) criticized The Associated Press on Thursday over its call for the Republican challenger in the Pennsylvania Senate race, saying the outlet “shouldn’t make a call in this race” just yet.
“We still have tens of thousands of votes to be counted across the Commonwealth,” Fetterman said in a post on social platform X. “@AP_Politics shouldn’t make a call in this race until every Pennsylvanian has their vote counted.”
The AP said Thursday that Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) had lost his race to Republican Dave McCormick.
Decision Desk HQ, The Hill’s partner, has not yet called the race.
According to election results from Decision Desk HQ, McCormick is leading Casey by 0.5 percentage points, with McCormick at 49 percent and Casey at 48.5 percent, as of 6 p.m. EST.
"As the Pennsylvania Secretary of State said this afternoon, there are tens of thousands of ballots across the Commonwealth still to count, which includes provisional ballots, military and overseas ballots, and mail ballots,” Casey campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel said in a statement posted to X about 25 minutes after AP announced its race call.
“This race is within half a point and cannot be called while the votes of thousands of Pennsylvanians are still being counted. We will make sure every Pennsylvanian's voice is heard."
McCormick campaign communications director Elizabeth Gregory replied quickly to AP's call, posting on X that she was “So damn proud of this team.”
The Hill has reached out to the McCormick campaign and the AP for comment.
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