There are “at least” 100,000 votes outstanding in Pennsylvania, in the midst of a tight Senate race between incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger David McCormick, Secretary of State Al Schmidt said Thursday evening.

According to Schmidt, this count includes “provisional, military, overseas and Election Day votes.”

“We call for patience as poll workers continue to do this important work, particularly in elections where margins are very tight,” he said.

Donald Trump announced that he had chosen his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, as White House chief of staff, the president-elect said in a statement released Thursday.

“Susie Wiles helped me deliver one of the greatest political victories in American history and was an integral part of my successful 2016 and 2020 campaigns,” Trump said.

“Susie is tough, smart, innovative and universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to make America great again,” he added. “It is a well-deserved honor that Susie will be the first female Chief of Staff in U.S. history. I am confident she will make our country proud.”

President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted of federal gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated during a press briefing on Thursday.

Hunter Biden is expected to be sentenced next month.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he would decline if asked to be Trump’s chief of staff during an interview earlier this week on Guy Benson’s Fox News radio show .

McCarthy said he “wouldn’t say yes” to the role, but suggested Susie Wiles, Trump’s campaign manager, would be “ideal” for the role.