Republican Dave McCormick Flips Pennsylvania Senate Seat

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The GOP has already taken back control of the Senate.

Republican multimillionaire businessman Dave McCormick defeated incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in the Nov. 5 election, giving the GOP a crucial seat in its quest to take back the Senate, projected the Associated Press on Nov. 6.

“I always knew from Day One it was going to be a very close race,” McCormick said in response to a question from The Epoch Times during a Q&A with reporters on Sep. 10.

McCormick ran on a broad coalition, appealing to President-elect Donald Trump’s voters but also to key constituencies skeptical or critical of Trump, including independents and suburbanites.

“The key for my winning is to be able to talk to voters that are on the fence, voters that could go either way,” he said during the Q&A.

McCormick tied Casey, who has been in the Senate since 2007, to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s agenda.

Casey has mostly voted with Senate Democrat leadership and the Biden administration’s positions.

Trump endorsed McCormick.

“He’s a good man. He wants to run a good ship,” Trump said at an April 13 rally in Pennsylvania.

“Thank you, President Trump! Together we will deliver a big win for Pennsylvania and America in November,” posted McCormick on X in reponse.

For most of the election cycle, polls showed Casey ahead but the race tightened in October.

In response to a question from The Epoch Times after voting on Nov. 5, McCormick attributed the trend to voters paying more attention after Labor Day.

The RealClearPolitics average between Oct. 9 and Oct. 30 showed Casey leading by 2.6 percentage points.

McCormick ran for the GOP nomination for Senate in 2022 but was narrowly defeated by TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz, who went on to lose to former Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.