Incumbent Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen has been re-elected in battleground state Nevada, securing an essential seat for the Democrats.
It was NBC News that projected the race with Rosen leading Republican challenger, U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Sam Brown, with a narrow margin of 47.8% to 46.4%.
With only 95% of the ballots counted and Rosen narrowly edging out Brown by just over 20,000 votes, AP New still hasn’t called the race, but Reuters confirmed NBC’s assertion that Rosen secured the win.
Although the presidential race in Nevada was tight—with President-elect Donald Trump eventually claiming victory—the Senate contest followed a different trajectory.
In recent months, Rosen managed to gain the upper hand, and Republicans grew concerned as they were outspent on advertising. Historically, Republicans have found it challenging to claim Senate victories in Nevada, with their last win dating back to 2012.
During the campaign, Democrats focused their criticisms of Brown, who was blown up while serving the country with a roadside IUD, on the issue of abortion, despite his stated opposition to a federal ban.
Both Rosen and Brown sparred over economic topics like inflation and reducing costs in Nevada’s working-class areas, which are reliant on the Las Vegas service industry.
Additionally, while Rosen honed in on combating gun violence, Brown advocated for stricter immigration laws and police support.
On the other side of the country, Republican Senate candidate David McCormick from Pennsylvania filed two lawsuits related to provisional ballots in Philadelphia, signaling his willingness to take his case to the Supreme Court.
Following a projection by The Associated Press that he defeated incumbent Senator Bob Casey, McCormick declared victory.
However, Casey has since refused to conceded the race and said that the “count in Pennsylvania is still continuing.”
McCormick’s legal team highlighted Philadelphia’s plan to assess between 15,000 and 20,000 provisional ballots.
They plan to challenge “large groups” of these ballots for not meeting statutory requirements.
McCormick requested court permission to contest batches of ballots collectively, instead of individually, for efficacy.
His lawyers argued that the substantial number of provisional ballots could overwhelm the individual challenge process, resulting in a risk of errors or inconsistencies.
Without the ability to issue comprehensive challenges, McCormick’s team worries about non-compliant ballots being counted improperly, potentially undermining election fairness and integrity.
Maddy McDaniel, Casey’s campaign spokesperson, remarked that the expected volume of provisional ballots from pro-Casey regions like Philadelphia and its suburbs indicates that the race remains undecided.
She noted, “As the McCormick campaign admitted in their own lawsuit this morning, the counting of these ballots could have an ‘impact on the outcome of the election.’ With more than 100,000 ballots still left to count, we will continue to make sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard.”
The unions came through with their fraud.