After Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., conceded his Senate race Thursday against Republican challenger Dave McCormick, fellow Democrat John Fetterman became the senior senator from Pennsylvania.

Still, Fetterman, just short of two years into his first six-year term, wasn’t in the mood to celebrate.

“This hit me,” Fetterman said in a statement, according to The Hill. “It’s been a supreme honor to have Bob Casey as a colleague, friend and mentor. His legacy is better than Pennsylvania.”

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