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NBC News has project incumbent Bob Casey (D) as the winner in Pennsylvania's US Senate race. He was running against Republican Tom Smith. Casey, 52, was state auditor general from 1997-2005; state treasurer from 2005-2007; and United States senator starting in 2007. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, released the following statement congratulating Casey: Tonight’s results are great for Pennsylvanians and the country. It’s clear Pennsylvania voters saw through the avalanche of negative attacks and reelected Senator Casey because he is exactly the type of strong advocate they need in the Senate. Senator Casey has spent his career standing up for middle class families and against the special interests. I am honored to continue working alongside Senator Casey in the years to come. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to resign after posting racially insensitive comments about Barack Obama on the Internet. Adam LaDuca, 21, the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans, wrote on his Facebook page in late July that Obama has "a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)" For the full story, go to pennlive.com