Pa. Senate race headed for recount, legal battle [Video]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With a narrow margin in the race to become Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senator, the two major party candidates will have to wait a little longer for an official result.

“I think that this just proves how closely divided we are in Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Alison Dagnes, chair of the Shippensburg University Political Science Department. 

A little more than 27,000 votes separated the two candidates on Thursday with tens of thousands of ballots left to be counted.

“What’s so interesting is that the last time we had a recount also involved Dave McCormick because it was in 2022 during the primary election,” Dagnes said.

McCormick appeared at Senate orientation this week and his campaign remains confident the Republican candidate’s lead will hold.

Campaign consultant Mark Harris …