Republican David McCormick cut Democratic Sen. Bob Casey’s leads in Philadelphia and its populous suburbs and built leads in the more GOP-leaning parts of Pennsylvania, foreclosing the incumbent’s pat

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The flips mean the partisan split for the state’s delegation will be 10-7 Republicans – the latest in a string of victories for the Grand Old Party as it fights to maintain a slim majority in the U.S.