The Pennsylvania Senate race is heading to a recount, according to unofficial results from Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt.
"Senator Bob Casey and Dave McCormick have vote totals within the one-half of 1 percent margin that triggers a mandatory recount under state law," the Pennsylvania Department of State wrote.
The announcement comes after McCormick has already declared victory and gone through Senate orientation in Washington, D.C.
Adam Bonin, counsel to Bob Casey for Senate, said the Casey campaign still believes there is a path to victory.
"You had millions of voters across the Commonwealth show up on Election Day, thousands of them had to vote provisional ballots, and those who had a legal right to vote, their ballot should be counted, that is all we want, Bonin said.
But the McCormick campaign told Erie News Now:
"Senator-elect McCormick's lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear in calling the race.
A recount will be a waste of time and taxpayer money, but it is Senator Casey's prerogative.
Senator-elect McCormick knows what it's like to lose an election and is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion," said Elizabeth Gregory, McCormick spokeswoman.
Bonin said actions being taken by the McCormick campaign though, do not reflect those of one that feels they have already won the race.
"They are going to the State Supreme Court, County Boards of Elections, trial courts in Philadelphia and elsewhere to try to make it so that fewer votes are counted, they do not want to be broadcasting that because the things that they are doing are not things that a confident campaign does, they are trying to make sure that fewer votes are being counted," Bonin said.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, this recount will cost more than $1 million in taxpayer funds.
It must begin by November 20 and finish by noon on November 26, with counties having to report the results to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by noon on November 27 and results will not be published until that day.