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It's officially game connected successful Pennsylvania, arsenic Republican campaigner Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. were projected the winners of the 2 large enactment Senate primaries successful the northeastern battleground state.
Both candidates, who were unopposed successful Tuesday's Democratic and GOP primaries, volition present look disconnected successful a high-profile and costly Senate showdown that is 1 of a fistful crossed the state which volition apt determine whether the GOP wins backmost the Senate majority.
McCormick, a erstwhile hedge money executive, West Point graduate, Gulf War combat seasoned and Treasury Department authoritative successful erstwhile President George W. Bush’s administration, is making his 2nd consecutive bid for the Senate.
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Republican Senate campaigner Dave McCormick launches a run autobus tour, successful Lititz, Pennsylvania, connected Feb. 10, 2024 (Dave McCormick campaign)
He was portion of a crowded and combustible conflict for the 2022 GOP nomination. He ended up losing the information by a razor-thin borderline to personage doc and cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who secured a superior triumph acknowledgment to a precocious endorsement from erstwhile President Donald Trump. Oz ended up losing the wide predetermination to then-Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
This clip around, McCormick faced nary large absorption successful the GOP primary. He was backed past twelvemonth by longtime Senate Republican person Mitch McConnell arsenic good arsenic the Pennsylvania GOP, and was encouraged to tally by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the party's Senate run arm.
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McCormick endorsed Trump aboriginal past period aft the erstwhile president scored large victories successful the seashore to seashore Super Tuesday contests and Nikki Haley – Trump's past remaining rival for the 2024 GOP statesmanlike information – dropped retired of the White House race.
Trump, the GOP's presumptive statesmanlike nominee, returned the favour earlier this month, endorsing McCormick.
Senator Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee proceeding successful Washington, DC, connected Thursday, March 9, 2023. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Casey, the lad of a fashionable erstwhile governor, is moving for a 4th six-year word successful the Senate. He served a decennary arsenic Pennsylvania's auditor wide and past treasurer earlier winning predetermination to the Senate successful 2006.
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The astir caller nationalist sentiment polls bespeak Casey holding a single-digit vantage implicit McCormick.
Democrats presently power the U.S. Senate with a 51-49 majority, but Republicans are looking astatine a favorable Senate representation this year, with Democrats defending 23 of the 34 seats up for grabs.
Three of those seats are successful reddish states that Trump carried successful his 2020 predetermination decision to President Biden — Ohio, Montana and West Virginia, wherever Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin is not moving for re-election. And Pennsylvania is 1 of 5 cardinal wide predetermination battlegrounds wherever the Democrats are defending seats. Democrats whitethorn besides person to interest astir holding the unfastened Senate spot successful bluish Maryland, wherever erstwhile GOP Gov. Larry Hogan is running.
Paul Steinhauser is simply a authorities newsman based successful New Hampshire.
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