Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Kathy Barnette did not deliver a concession speech on Tuesday night after she trailed candidates Dave McCormick and Mehmet Oz, but she thanked her staff and supporters for their hard work.
“We have put up a good fight. I am so grateful to the people that I have met throughout this commonwealth,” Barnette said during her watch party.
“They haven’t called it, I’m not conceding, so don’t report it,” she said to reporters in the room. “I just want to take this time to just say thank you.”
Although she choked up onstage at one point, Barnette delivered an upbeat message.
“The Republican Party — we have some of the best people,” she said. “Thank you so much for all of your hard work. I appreciate it so much.”
Barnette saw a last minute surge, after a debate where she spoke about her personal story of being born to a mother…
