Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., told Newsmax on Thursday that the Senate race between Republican Dave McCormick and Democrat incumbent Bob Casey, D-Pa., is “over” because there’s “no mathematical way” for Casey to overcome McCormick’s lead in a recount.

The unofficial results in the Keystone State race have triggered a legally-required statewide recount. Decision Desk HQ had McCormick ahead 48.9%-48.5% as of 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday — a difference of 28,110 votes among the more than 6.7 million that were cast.

“Dave McCormick, we were very supportive, of course, and he’s going to be — and he is — the Senate-elect because there’s no mathematical way for this recount to have any meaning whatsoever,” Meuser said during an appearance on “National Report.” “You can go back to 1974, where there was only about 100-vote difference where it ever got overturned. When we’re dealing with as many as 30,000 in favor of Dave McCormick at this point in the game, when they’re going to recount 40,000, you’re going to need as much as 86% in favor of Casey, and that’s simply not going to happen. I mean, even in Philadelphia, he received no more than, I think it was, 76% or 77%.”

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