Within less than 90 minutes of the polls closing, national news organizations called Pennsylvania for President Obama and said Bob Casey would be re-elected to a second term as the state’s U.S. Senator.
With more than 70 percent of the precincts counted, President Obama won 54.9 percent of the vote and Bob Casey received 56.5 percent of the votes cast.
The Democrats continued to sweep in the statewide office races by leading in the contests for Attorney General, Auditor General and State Treasurer. With over 70 percent of precincts counted--
-- Attorney General: Kane (D) leads Freed (R) 59.3 percent to 38.3 percent, the first Democratic Attorney General in history;
-- Auditor General: DePasquale (D) leads Maher (R) 53.0 percent to 43.1 percent; and
-- State Treasurer: McCord (D) leads Vaughan (R) 55.9 percent to 40.6 percent.
