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Bob Casey Jr.: “I got a higher percentage of the vote in Philadelphia than…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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57: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer & Sen. Bob Casey | Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

Published | Video Starts at 20:49

I was running for reelection, Governor Wolf was running for reelection, and both races were not close. Right. The intensity against the president was so high in that off year election that I got a higher percentage of the vote in Philadelphia than Barack Obama got [in 2018]. Now, that wasn't because of my scintillating personality. That was part of it. It was because people were on fire about the president. (20:49–21:00)

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