The Associated Press has called the northeast Philadelphia state Senate election for 29 year-old Republican Joe Picozzi, marking an unlikely victory against an incumbent in a district held by Democrats since 2001.

David McCormick was one of two former Connecticut residents to face allegations of carpetbagging in other state's U.S. Senate races this year.

The AP has predicted that Pennsylvania will go to political newcomer Republican Dave McCormick, but with margins razor thin and votes left to count Democrat Bob Casey has not conceded the race. The AP has predicted that the state of Pennsylvania will flip one seat bringing the Republican total to 53 seats.

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey is in denial after losing his race for a fourth term to Republican Senator-elect Dave McCormick, and clinging to a long-shot gamble that that outstanding ballots from Philadelphia can make up the roughly 36,