Republican Dave McCormick beat long-time incumbent in Pennsylvania

Trump, messaging and money: How Dave McCormick unseated Bob Casey in Pennsylvania's Senate race

Aside from once-and-future President Donald Trump's unexpectedly decisive win, one of the most surprising results in Tuesday's election was Republican Dave McCormick's apparent victory over three-term U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa.

Casey held the Senate seat since 2007 and his father was a past Governor of Pennsylvania.

Casey has not conceded the race, (McCormick is ahead by 40,238 votes) and it's possible that the narrow-margin lead will trigger Pennsylvania's automatic recount process once more ballots are counted. But the Associated Press called the race for McCormick on Thursday, and Casey faces major obstacles in reversing the result.

Although McCormick had Trump's coattails and an apparently successful messaging strategy, none of that would be enough without money. And thanks to a Wall Street-backed super PAC, McCormick had a ton of it.

Keystone Renewal PAC was the only outside spending group that was dedicated solely to Pennsylvania's Senate race. A vast majority of the rest of the money spent in the race came from the candidates' campaigns and their parties.

Hell, I even sent him $50 bucks.

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