Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., invited Pennsylvania Republican David McCormick to the Senate orientation this week after previously not extending an opportunity due to uncounted ballots in the Keystone State.

Schumer on Sunday had declined to officially invite McCormick to the customary Senate orientation as incumbent Bob Casey had not yet conceded. The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, with GOP strategists claiming that Casey’s 35,000-vote deficit could not be erased with the outstanding ballots.

“Ruben Gallego and David McCormick have been invited to attend orientation,” a spokesperson for Schumer told reporters.

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