It is formally game on in Pennsylvania, as Republican candidate Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. had been projected the winners of the 2 main celebration Senate primaries within the northeastern battleground state.
Each candidates, who had been unopposed in Tuesday’s Democratic and GOP primaries, will now face off in a high-profile and costly Senate showdown that’s considered one of a handful throughout the nation which can probably determine whether or not the GOP wins again the Senate majority.
McCormick, a former hedge fund govt, West Level graduate, Gulf Battle fight veteran and Treasury Division official in former President George W. Bush’s administration, is making his second straight bid for the Senate.
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Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick launches a marketing campaign bus tour, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 10, 2024 (Dave McCormick marketing campaign)
He was a part of a crowded and flamable battle for the 2022 GOP nomination. He ended up dropping the nomination by a razor-thin margin to celeb physician and cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who secured a major victory because of a late endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Oz ended up dropping the overall election to then-Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
This time round, McCormick confronted no main opposition within the GOP major. He was backed final yr by longtime Senate Republican chief Mitch McConnell in addition to the Pennsylvania GOP, and was inspired to run by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the celebration’s Senate marketing campaign arm.
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McCormick endorsed Trump early final month after the previous president scored main victories within the coast to coast Tremendous Tuesday contests and Nikki Haley – Trump’s final remaining rival for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination – dropped out of the White Home race.
Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, returned the favor earlier this month, endorsing McCormick.
Senator Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, speaks throughout a Senate Surroundings and Public Works Committee listening to in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
Casey, the son of a well-liked former governor, is operating for a fourth six-year time period within the Senate. He served a decade as Pennsylvania’s auditor basic after which treasurer earlier than successful election to the Senate in 2006.
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The latest public opinion polls point out Casey holding a single-digit benefit over McCormick.
Democrats presently management the U.S. Senate with a 51-49 majority, however Republicans are taking a look at a positive Senate map this yr, with Democrats defending 23 of the 34 seats up for grabs.
Three of these seats are in crimson states that Trump carried in his 2020 election defeat to President Biden — Ohio, Montana and West Virginia, the place Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin just isn’t operating for re-election. And Pennsylvania is considered one of 5 key basic election battlegrounds the place the Democrats are defending seats. Democrats can also have to fret about holding the open Senate seat in blue Maryland, the place former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan is operating.
