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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Won't Concede to Dave McCormick

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

He's down by nearly 20,000 votes in a race that was called long ago, yet the Democratic incumbent is still fundraising and trying to get more ballots counted, even as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rebukes several counties that tried to tally undated mail votes. Plus, Gov. Josh Shapiro seems unwilling to take a stand, while some Democrats start telling Casey to move on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You know what that is.

0:05.0

An ice cold beer.

0:07.0

What's different?

0:09.0

It's Budweiser.

0:11.0

Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.

0:15.0

Like no other.

0:20.0

Cheers to that. Budweiser. Like no other.

0:22.3

Cheers to that.

0:25.3

Budweiser, like no other.

0:26.7

Please drink responsibly.

0:28.6

For the facts, visit drinkaware.co.com. UK.

0:32.6

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:39.3

Senator Bob Casey is still declining to concede the Pennsylvania Senate race to Republican

0:45.3

challenger Dave McCormick as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court smacks down decisions by counties

0:51.1

that had opted to count ballots without handwritten dates on them. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We're joined today by my colleagues, columnists Bill McGern and Kim Strassel. Two weeks out from Election Day, Bob Casey is trailing by roughly 20,000 ballots, according to the latest figures that I've seen, though

1:11.7

that number is a bit of a moving target.

1:14.3

And five figures is a big number for somebody who's a candidate who's in a deficit to try

1:18.3

to make up.

1:19.3

Most of the analysts, including mainstream places like the Philly Inquirer, are saying

1:23.2

that Casey has almost no chance of climbing out of that hole.

1:27.4

But he hasn't given up on trying, and the latest controversy involves... that Casey has almost no chance of climbing out of that hole.

1:32.9

But he hasn't given up on trying, and the latest controversy involves undated mail ballots,

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