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It's officially game connected successful Pennsylvania, arsenic Republican campaigner Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. were projected nan winners of nan 2 awesome statement Senate primaries successful nan northeastern battleground state.
Both candidates, who were unopposed successful Tuesday's Democratic and GOP primaries, will now look disconnected successful a high-profile and costly Senate showdown that is 1 of a fistful crossed nan state which will apt determine whether nan GOP wins backmost nan Senate majority.
McCormick, a erstwhile hedge money executive, West Point graduate, Gulf War combat seasoned and Treasury Department charismatic successful erstwhile President George W. Bush’s administration, is making his 2nd consecutive bid for nan 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 nan 2022 GOP nomination. He ended up losing nan information by a razor-thin separator to personage expert and cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who secured a superior triumph acknowledgment to a precocious endorsement from erstwhile President Donald Trump. Oz ended up losing nan wide predetermination to then-Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
This clip around, McCormick faced nary awesome guidance successful nan GOP primary. He was backed past twelvemonth by longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell arsenic good arsenic nan Pennsylvania GOP, and was encouraged to tally by nan National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is nan party's Senate run arm.
TRUMP MAKES MAJOR ENDORSEMENT IN KEY SENATE RACE
McCormick endorsed Trump early past period aft nan erstwhile president scored awesome victories successful nan seashore to seashore Super Tuesday contests and Nikki Haley – Trump's past remaining rival for nan 2024 GOP statesmanlike information – dropped retired of nan White House race.
Trump, nan GOP's presumptive statesmanlike nominee, returned nan 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, nan boy of a celebrated erstwhile governor, is moving for a 4th six-year word successful nan Senate. He served a decade arsenic Pennsylvania's auditor wide and past treasurer earlier winning predetermination to nan Senate successful 2006.
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The astir caller nationalist sentiment polls bespeak Casey holding a single-digit advantage complete McCormick.
Democrats presently power nan U.S. Senate pinch a 51-49 majority, but Republicans are looking astatine a favorable Senate representation this year, pinch Democrats defending 23 of nan 34 seats up for grabs.
Three of those seats are successful reddish states that Trump carried successful his 2020 predetermination conclusion 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 nan Democrats are defending seats. Democrats whitethorn besides person to interest astir holding nan unfastened Senate spot successful bluish Maryland, wherever erstwhile GOP Gov. Larry Hogan is running.
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Paul Steinhauser is simply a authorities newsman based successful New Hampshire.
