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Republican Pennsylvania Senate campaigner Dave McCormick was declared victorious successful his high-stakes predetermination against longtime Democrat Sen. Bob Casey connected Tuesday.
Casey has served successful the Senate since 2008 and yet became a stalwart wrong the Democratic Party. For example, helium voted connected authorities President Biden supported 98.5% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight data.
The Casey sanction besides has heavy roots successful the state, with Bob Casey Sr., the senator’s father, serving arsenic the Keystone State’s politician from 1987 to 1995 aft years of serving successful assorted different elected roles.
The longtime senator, however, faced what was described arsenic his astir difficult re-election effort to date, squaring up against Republican businessman Dave McCormick.
McCormick is an Army combat seasoned and erstwhile CEO of hedge money Bridgewater Associates who served arsenic the undersecretary of commerce for manufacture and information arsenic good arsenic undersecretary of the treasury for planetary affairs successful erstwhile President George W. Bush’s administration.
Sen. Bob Casey, left, and Dave McCormick (Getty Images)
Political eyes person been locked on Pennsylvania this predetermination rhythm aft it yet again emerged arsenic a cardinal battleground authorities for the statesmanlike race. Trump narrowly won the authorities successful his palmy 2016 predetermination against erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, portion President Biden declared triumph successful the Keystone State successful the 2020 election.
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The contention was rated arsenic "leans Democrat" by some the Fox News Power Rankings and the Cook Political Report, with Casey himself acknowledging this twelvemonth that it would beryllium a "close, pugnacious race."
Former President Obama is shown with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., left, and then-Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf astatine a run rally successful Philadelphia connected Sept. 21, 2018. (Getty Images/Mark Makela)
Biden campaigned for Casey successful their shared location state, with the president lauding the legislator arsenic "a antheral that kids tin look up to." On the different broadside of the aisle, McCormick earned Trump’s endorsement successful the Keystone State.
"He’s a bully man. He wants to tally a bully ship," Trump said during a rally successful April. "He’s a astute guy. He was a precise palmy guy. He’s fixed up a batch to bash this."
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The 2 person sparred implicit issues specified arsenic immigration, abortion, spiraling ostentation and instrumentality enforcement successful their campaigns and during their debates.
GOP Senate campaigner Dave McCormick is interviewed portion touring the Lackawanna College School Of Petroleum and Natural Gas connected May 10, 2022, successful Tunkhannock, Pa. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Casey campaigned connected a level of protecting entree to abortion, lowering "greedflation," preserving Pennsylvania’s "energy legacy" portion besides moving "to support our environment" and bolstering infrastructure successful agrarian areas.
McCormick campaigned connected reeling successful ostentation nether the Biden-Harris administration, securing the border, curbing crime, defending the Second Amendment and expanding the Keystone State’s vigor sector.
The high-stakes predetermination enactment some candidates nether the nationalist spotlight, including earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile constabulary leaders successful the authorities slammed Casey for aligning himself with a pro-defund the constabulary group arsenic helium geared up for the election. He was besides dinged by McCormick and different conservatives for rhetoric blaming spiraling ostentation connected corporations’ alleged greed, which helium calls "greedflation."
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McCormick came nether occurrence from Casey and Democrats for splitting his clip betwixt Pennsylvania and Connecticut, wherever his children be school, coating him arsenic a Keystone State outsider.
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