Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday defended U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s decision to move forward with a recount, pointing to Republican Dave McCormick’s own unsuccessful recount in 2022 in a much closer election.

Pennsylvania Republicans took to the polls in the May 2022 primary and nominated celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz their Senate candidate. Oz eked out that victory by just 940 votes over hedge-fund executive Dave McCormick and would go on to lose the general election to stroke-ridden John Fetterman — a race widely seen as a missed GOP pickup opportunity that handed Democrats a Joe Manchin-proof Senate majority.

Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has lost fellow Democrats in his quixotic quest for a recount comeback over David McCormick, the Republican challenger who vanquished him on 5. Many media outlets days ago called the Pennsylvania Senate race for McCormick,

The lawsuits are a significant escalation of litigation over the race for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat, in which McCormick leads by less than 0.3% of the vote, according to unofficial results from