Republican Dave McCormick Flips Pennsylvania Senate Seat

The GOP has already taken back control of the Senate. McCormick’s win brings the majority up to 53 seats.

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell, head to the polling place at Chatham University in Pittsburgh on Nov. 5, 2024. Jackson Richman/The Epoch Times

Republican multimillionaire businessman Dave McCormick defeated incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in the Nov. 5 election, giving the GOP a crucial extra seat in its Senate majority, The Associated Press projected on Nov. 7.

Republicans won Senate control on election night, and this win brings its majority up to 53 seats to Democrats’ 45, with two races—Arizona and Nevada—left to be called.