A recount has been triggered in the Pennsylvania Senate race, with McCormick projected to win, but Casey has not yet conceded.

Under Pennsylvania law, a recount has been triggered in the Senate race between Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania and Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick due to the tight margin.

On Nov. 7, Planet Chronicle predicted McCormick as the winner, and he has since attended new-senator orientation in Washington. Although Casey has not conceded, Republicans are projected to have a Senate majority with 53 seats to Democrats' 47.

As of Thursday morning, McCormick had 3,383,676 votes, or 48.91%, compared to Casey's 3,357,191, or 48.52%, a difference of 26,485 votes, or 0.39 percentage points.

The recount of ballots must begin no later than Wednesday, Nov. 20 and be completed by noon on Nov. 26 after counties finish counting their ballots.

Since the passage of Act 97 of 2004, the initial results of the election have been affirmed. The cost of the recount, which will not be published until Nov. 27, is expected to exceed $1 million, according to election officials.

Elizabeth Gregory, a McCormick spokesperson, stated that the deficit is too substantial for Casey to surmount.

Gregory stated that the AP made it clear that Senator-elect McCormick's lead is insurmountable.

"Senator Casey's decision to recount the election results is his prerogative, even though it will be a waste of time and taxpayer money. Senator-elect McCormick understands the feeling of losing an election and is confident that Senator Casey will eventually come to the correct conclusion."

On Friday, McCormick declared victory in Pittsburgh and thanked Casey and his family for their decades of service to the commonwealth.

McCormick has been accused by Casey, a three-term incumbent, of attempting to "disenfranchise" voters through lawsuits.

Once all the votes are counted, the democratic process will be completed, as stated by Casey in a video on Tuesday.

Across Pennsylvania, nearly 7 million people voted in a fair and free election. Our county election officials will count those votes, as they do in every election, said Casey.

Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader from New York, initially refused to invite McCormick to the new-senator orientation this week due to the thousands of votes still outstanding.

Schumer has agreed to invite McCormick and Democratic Sen.-elect Gallego to the Senate, following pressure from GOP senators.

This report was contributed to by Danielle Wallace and Deirdre Heavey of Planet Chronicle, along with The Associated Press.