Democratic Senator Bob Casey has conceded to Republican Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s US Senate elections after a close race led to an automatic recount.
Final race results are expected to be announced next Wednesday, NBC News reported. McCormick would expand Republicans’ majority in the Senate to 53 seats next term, paving the way for new President Donald Trump to pass his agenda.
“I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate,” Casey said in a video on Pennsylvania can move forward knowing that their voices were heard, whether their vote was the first to be counted or the last.”
McCormick graduated from West Point in 1987 and served in the 82nd Airborne during the Gulf War. He worked at McKinsey & Co. and at a software startup before joining the George W. Bush administration, where he served as undersecretary in both the Commerce and Treasury departments. McCormick then joined hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates as president and later became CEO. In 2019, he married Dina Powell, a finance executive and former Trump deputy national security adviser.
At the urging of Pennsylvania Republicans, McCormick made his first run for the Senate in January 2022, where he participated in a crowded Republican primary that included famed doctor Mehmet Oz. McCormick and Oz quickly emerged as the top contenders, both vying for Trump’s endorsement. The former president went along with Oz, dismissing McCormick as a “liberal Wall Street Republican.” Oz won the primary by fewer than 1,000 votes, with both candidates receiving about 31% of the vote.
After Trump’s opposition likely doomed his final run, McCormick has kept the former president close this year and attacked Casey as a vote for Democrats. Trump endorsed McCormick early on, and now Republicans will be able to add his voice to their Senate floor.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
