{"id":123390,"date":"2024-11-08T07:57:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123390"},"modified":"2024-11-08T07:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:57:44","slug":"republican-david-mccormick-flips-pivotal-pennsylvania-senate-seat-ousts-bob-casey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123390","title":{"rendered":"Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat, ousts Bob Casey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Republican <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/david-mccormick\">David McCormick<\/a><\/span> has won Pennsylvania\u2019s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world\u2019s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/robert-casey\">Bob Casey<\/a><\/span> in Tuesday\u2019s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war.<\/p>\n<p>The victory pads Republicans\u2019 majority in the Senate, which they <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congress-elections-house-senate-harris-trump-94b49277db2a5c21f23236794a36afa6\">wrested from Democratic control this week<\/a><\/span>, and clocked in as the nation\u2019s second-most expensive race while playing out alongside the presidential contest in the nation\u2019s premier battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick, 59, recaptured a GOP seat in Pennsylvania after Republicans lost one in 2022, paying off a bet that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senate-majority-pennsylvania-2024-mccormick-casey-f58e85424a48698f8c10571f24c3f54b\">party brass<\/a><\/span> made when they urged McCormick to run and consolidated support behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after The Associated Press <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/why-ap-called-pennsylvania-senate-f9af5d80be39fcc7a2abb8258a8f3ccf\">called<\/a><\/span> the race Thursday, McCormick posted on social media, \u201cThank you, Pennsylvania! Looking forward to representing every citizen of our great Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategists largely credited Donald Trump\u2019s strong performance in Pennsylvania, beating Vice President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> in the state by about 2%, as Democrats navigated headwinds like voter dissatisfaction over inflation under President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough to help pull McCormick to victory, they said.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick drew on contacts from across the worlds of government, politics and finance to secure backing for his campaign after he was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/casey-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-china-hedge-funds-7f5258252f79ea9245b84036cad3d6d4\">CEO of Bridgewater Associates<\/a><\/span>, the world\u2019s largest hedge fund, and served at the highest levels of former President George W. Bush\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Beating Casey is earth-shaking for Pennsylvania\u2019s Democratic establishment. Casey is the namesake of a former two-term governor and Pennsylvania\u2019s longest-serving Democrat ever in the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>Until Tuesday, Casey, 64, had won six statewide general elections going back to 1996, but he had never been on the same ballot as Trump.<\/p>\n<p>With votes still being counted, McCormick led Casey by about 31,000 votes, or half a percentage point.<\/p>\n<p>Casey did not concede Thursday, and his campaign pointed to a statement from the state\u2019s top election official that at least 100,000 ballots still remained to be counted, including provisional ballots and military and overseas ballots.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Casey said the vote-counting process must be allowed to play out and every vote counted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians\u2019 voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election,\u201d Casey said. He added, \u201cThat is what Pennsylvania deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCormick drummed out the consistent message that Casey was a do-nothing and weak career politician who was a key ally of Biden and Harris. McCormick maintained that he would bring leadership to the job.<\/p>\n<p>It was McCormick\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/david-mccormick-senate-control-campaign-pennsylvania-2024-453c1fe64aeb734ec0426a1c1dbb93b0\">second time<\/a><\/span> running, this time with a clear primary and Trump\u2019s endorsement, after he <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-entertainment-mehmet-oz-6b2849083ff96ac18dc25e939a3f9195\">lost narrowly<\/a><\/span> to the Trump-endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz in 2022\u2019s expensive seven-way primary.<\/p>\n<p>His wealth \u2014 he\u2019ll be one of the wealthiest senators when he joins the chamber \u2014 and connections got him flagged by Republicans as someone who could both raise campaign cash and pay his own way for a Senate campaign.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick also benefited from tens of millions of dollars in campaign cash from allies from across the worlds of hedge funds and securities trading. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 election: The latest: White evangelical voters showed steadfast support for Donald Trump in the election, and some supporters of Kamala Harris are attributing some of the blame for her loss to President Joe Biden. 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Support us. <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Donate to the AP<\/i><\/a><\/span><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He ran an energetic campaign, often traveling by bus around the state, and appeared on stage at almost every Trump rally in Pennsylvania, Trump\u2019s most visited state. <\/p>\n<p>McCormick was also at ease in front of TV cameras, a skill he honed as a top Treasury Department official giving regular media briefings during the onset of the 2008-09 recession and a well-known figure on Wall Street who was sought after for speaking engagements.<\/p>\n<p>He has a long resume that includes being decorated for his Army service in the Gulf War, earning a Ph.D from Princeton University, running online auction house FreeMarkets Inc. \u2014 which had its name on a skyscraper in Pittsburgh during the tech boom \u2014 and sitting on the boards of prominent institutions, including Trump\u2019s Defense Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick had baggage, too. <\/p>\n<p>He repeatedly tried to soften his stance against abortion rights after celebrating the Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 decision to overturn 1972\u2019s landmark Roe v. Wade decision and end a half-century of federal protection of the right to an abortion. In the end, McCormick insisted that he would oppose a federal ban on abortion and leave in place Pennsylvania\u2019s law that allows an abortion up to the 24th week of gestation.<\/p>\n<p>He also worked to ease concerns over Republican control of the Senate, saying he wouldn\u2019t vote to end the filibuster, a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-filibusters-gun-politics-government-and-politics-93c53b3aa8d2b91d3c2d5884f3cdf139\">Senate rule<\/a><\/span> that effectively makes 60 the minimum number of votes needed to pass legislation as a means to provide a check on the majority. <\/p>\n<p>McCormick had to absorb accusations \u2014 first in 2022\u2019s GOP primary and then again by Casey \u2014 that he was a rich carpetbagger from Connecticut\u2019s ritzy <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-mccormick-residency-mansion-connecticut-oz-e84500b848f0be7efb9f9b3c495dd066\">Gold Coast<\/a><\/span> trying to buy a Senate seat. McCormick lived there until he ran for Senate in 2022 and, while he bought a house in Pittsburgh, he also maintained a massive home in Connecticut until a daughter graduated high school earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick, in turn, stressed his <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-lebanon-donald-trump-pennsylvania-e58671e2b453759b74888934254861c6\">seventh-generation roots<\/a><\/span> in Pennsylvania, talked up his high school days wrestling in towns across northern Pennsylvania \u2014 a sport that took him to the U.S. military academy at West Point \u2014 and growing up the son of two educators. His father became the first chancellor of Pennsylvania\u2019s state-owned university system \u2014 under Casey\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Still, McCormick helped bring the carpetbagger caricature to life by mispronouncing the name of one of Pennsylvania\u2019s best-known local beers.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick also suffered through a legion of attacks on his hedge fund\u2019s investments, including accusations that he <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/casey-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-china-hedge-funds-7f5258252f79ea9245b84036cad3d6d4\">got rich<\/a><\/span> at America\u2019s expense by buying shares in Chinese companies that the federal government later came to consider part of Beijing\u2019s military and surveillance industrial complex. <\/p>\n<p>McCormick, meanwhile, tried to capitalize on turmoil in the Middle East and at the U.S. southern border with Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>McCormick blamed Casey for supporting Biden administration border policies that he said had enabled illegal immigration and for backing policies that he said had empowered Iran to destabilize the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mccormick-casey-pennsylvania-senate-iran-israel-hamas-a94044b643d6b3b03e14c179dac3ad34\">made a bid for Jewish voters<\/a><\/span> by traveling to the Israel-Gaza border, speaking to Jewish audiences across the state and arguing that Casey and the Biden administration have not fought <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senate-israel-hamas-war-campus-protests-antisemitism-dda4fcf2071e08e31c84115fc10d4156\">antisemitism<\/a><\/span> or backed Israel strongly enough in the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Hamas war<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>On the border, he backed Trump\u2019s pledge to carry out a mass deportation of immigrants in the country without permission \u2014 prioritizing people with criminal records \u2014 and vowed to press for U.S. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-senate-mccormick-casey-fentanyl-military-trump-mexico-cartel-5bb7129c955756010eecc81cfcf1c8fd\">military action<\/a><\/span> in Mexico to target fentanyl trafficking networks, a controversial idea that originated with Trump.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Follow Marc Levy at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/timelywriter.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/x.com\/timelywriter.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-senate-2024-election-david-mccormick-casey-866a8712dea0b52b5d8d6b4844968b53\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. 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