The Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick, attributed his rise in the polls to voters realizing the significance of the upcoming election.
“People are recognizing that this truly is the most important election of their lifetimes,” he told Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser in an interview Thursday. “And we need leadership in there that’s going to bring about change. It’s a change election.”
He is facing off against incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who was elected in 2006 and is seeking re-election in the Keystone State for the third time.
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McCormick tied Casey at 46% in the latest CNN poll of the race.
While the measure put the two neck and neck, there are some other surveys predicting a win for the Pennsylvania Democrat. A New York Times and Siena College poll of registered voters taken just weeks earlier showed Casey defeating McCormick, 50% to 36%.
The CNN poll’s tie …