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For Recount, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reaffirms Mail-In Ballots Must Be Dated to Be Counted
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court again ruled that mail-in ballots must be properly dated to be counted, a boost for Republican Dave McCormick in a recount battle against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who is struggling to hold onto his Senate seat. “Following our latest RNC [Republican National Committee] lawsuit, today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yet… -
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6 Things You Need to Know About Recount in Pennsylvania Senate Race
Republicans accuse Democrats of not accepting the results of the Senate election in Pennsylvania but of trying to steal it instead from GOP challenger Dave McCormick and hand it to incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, and officials in his administration insisted before and on Election Day that the state would… -
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Casey Won’t Concede After Senate Seat in Pennsylvania Is Called for McCormick
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican challenger Dave McCormick has defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s pivotal Senate race, according to The Associated Press. The AP called the race Thursday afternoon, projecting that McCormick will narrowly win with 49% of the vote, compared with Casey’s 48.5% share. As of Thursday, 99% of the votes had been counted,… -
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Why Trump Carried Pennsylvania on Path Back to Presidency
Donald Trump’s hard-fought win in Pennsylvania was key to his apparent victory Tuesday over Kamala Harris in the presidential race. Trump defeated Harris in Pennsylvania, 51% to 48.1%, with about 95% of the vote counted, The Associated Press reported. Fox News first called Pennsylvania for Trump at 1:22 a.m. Wednesday. Decision Desk HQ called it… -
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Why Trump Is Likely to Win Pennsylvania
LATROBE, Pennsylvania— “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole damn thing.” Two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump announced these words to rallygoers in this Westmoreland County town at a packed event, which included several former Pittsburgh Steelers and steelworkers taking the stage to endorse him; the steelworkers even got the former president to… -
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‘If We Don’t Win, It’s All Over’: Battleground Pennsylvania Voters Embrace Decisive Role
PITTSBURGH—With the nation’s eyes fixed particularly on Pennsylvania for Tuesday’s election, Victory Road seemed a fitting location for residents anticipating the outcome. One of the street’s residents, Nancy Roderick, 89, said the stakes are high. “I think if we don’t win this time, it’s all over,” Roderick, a resident in the North Hills suburbs of… -
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‘DRIVES ME CRAZY’: Pennsylvania Voters Open Up About the ‘Level of Corruption in Voting’
WEXFORD, Pa.—After a string of recent voting-related controversies in Pennsylvania, one reason that Pittsburgh resident Joseph Costa dropped off his absentee ballot at a polling station Thursday is because he doesn’t trust the process. “It’s convenient. I don’t like it this way. But to be honest, I don’t trust the system,” Costa told The Daily… -
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Voters in Battleground Pennsylvania Flex Electoral Muscles in Early Voting
GIBSONIA, Pa.—Walking back from an early-voting site at North Park Ice Rink, Charles Schrankel of Ross Township, Pennsylvania, said he dropped off a ballot on which he voted straight Republican. “I voted [the] straight Republican ticket, and I don’t always vote straight party,” Shrankel told The Daily Signal outside the polling station in Wexford, Pennsylvania. … -
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New Commonwealth Foundation Leader Aims to Make Pennsylvania the ‘Keystone State’ Again
Andrew Lewis, a former Pennsylvania state representative, is the new president at the Commonwealth Foundation, the state's premier public policy organization. He stepped into the job in September, just as America turned its attention to the Keystone State, which will play a decisive role in the 2024 election. In an interview with The Daily Signal,… -
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Obama Returns to a Different Western Pennsylvania
When former President Barack Obama comes to Pittsburgh on Thursday to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in the home stretch for next month’s election, he will be returning to a very different Western Pennsylvania from the one he won robustly in 2008 and less so in 2012. In 2008, Obama ran on a message… -
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Pennsylvania High Court Blocks RNC Challenge on Mail Ballots
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to take a case over a mail-in ballot lawsuit from the Republican National Committee, asserting it would be too close to the November election. As previously reported in The Daily Signal, the RNC sued the office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt for what it says are inconsistent standards… -
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Pennsylvania Closes Down Voter Registration on Night of Trump’s Return to Butler
The swing state of Pennsylvania’s voter registration system will be closed on the night of former President Donald Trump’s return rally in Butler, the site of the July 13 assassination attempt against him. The Republican nominee announced Sept. 25 that he is holding another rally in Butler on Oct. 5, just three months after a… -
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Harris, Trump Duking It Out in Critical Pennsylvania, Poll Finds
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are running neck and neck in Pennsylvania, with the vice president holding a one-point lead over the former president, according to a new poll in the battleground state. Harris, the Democratic nominee, held a 48% to 47% advantage over Republican nominee Trump, with 3% saying they’ll vote for another candidate… -
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GOP Sues Pennsylvania on Vote-by-Mail Ballot Rule
Pennsylvania may be the most hotly contested state in the Nov. 5 presidential election. And four years ago, it was the most controversial state for its lack of mail-in ballot standards. In the closing weeks of the 2024 election, Republicans have sued the office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt for what they say… -
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Knocking on Victory’s Door in Pennsylvania
LEVITTOWN, Pa.—Hours before Donald Trump and Kamala Harris squared off for their presidential debate Tuesday night, about 50 activists gathered at a Bucks County hotel to organize for a day of door-knocking in this closely divided Philadelphia. Americans for Prosperity Action recruited the grassroots team as part of its effort to visit 1 million homes by… -
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In Pennsylvania, Trump Vows to Hold Harris Accountable and Take Country to Better Place
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania—Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that his message to undecided voters in Pennsylvania ahead of the Nov. 5 general election is that his second administration would bring prosperity to Pennsylvanians through commonsense approaches to energy, border security, and strengthening manufacturing. “We are going to bring the cost… -
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Pennsylvania Lawmaker Proposes Tax Fairness for Faith-Based Health Care Sharing
A House Republican has introduced a bill designed to achieve tax fairness for ministries that share health care costs. A member of the House Ways and Means health subcommittee, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., is the sponsor of the Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act, which he introduced last Monday. Kelly’s bill would allow members… -
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California’s Environmental Regulations Are Crushing Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state. “We have no say,” complains Wanner in my new video. “We can’t do anything about it.” “No say” because Pennsylvania’s new rules don’t come from Pennsylvania. They come from California. “I… -
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Pennsylvania School Board Reverses Decision, Bans Boys From Girls’ Restrooms
A Pennsylvania school board is reversing a prior decision and choosing now to ban boys from girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms, following pressure from parents and students. Last month, the Perkiomen Valley School Board in Montgomery County voted against a policy that would have required students to use bathrooms that correspond to their biological sex. School board… -
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4 Billboards in Ohio and Pennsylvania: Whatever It Takes to Get Americans Talking About ‘Transing’ Children
In the 2017 movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the character Mildred Hayes, played by the always-gripping Frances McDormand, is a driven mother seeking justice for her slain daughter. Feeling ignored, and with no arrests after seven months, Mildred puts up three roadside signs to prod Ebbing’s police chief to find her daughter’s killer. As…