Republicans knocked off Democrats in two perennially contested U.S. House seats in eastern Pennsylvania while U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, one of the hardest right members of the chamber, survived a challenge in a southern Pennsylvania district with more moderate politics.

Republican David McCormick defeated three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press projected, underscoring the battleground state’s red shift this year while expanding the GOP’s Senate majority in the next Congress.

Democrats had hoped to make a long-shot effort to flip the upper chamber, with Gov. Josh Shapiro endorsing just enough candidates to bring the Senate to an even split. But Republicans successfully fended off their challenges.

Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation,

Incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Perry made a statement after defeating democrat challenger Janelle Stelson to be re-elected for his seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. First and foremost,