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2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

The 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Republican businessman Dave McCormick won his first term in office, defeating Democratic three-term incumbent Bob Casey Jr. in what was considered a major upset. Most predictions gave Casey a slight advantage, and he led in most polls. Along with Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Jon Tester in Montana, Casey was one of three incumbent senators to lose re-election in 2024, all of whom were Democrats first elected in 2006. The primary election took place on April 23, 2024. The election was considered essential for Democrats' chances to retain their majority in 2024. The Associated Press and Fox News declared McCormick the winner on November 7, while Decision Desk HQ called the race for McCormick on November 14. CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS all called the race for McCormick on November 21; Casey conceded the race later that day, halted a recount and confirmed the result. This was Pennsylvania's closest US Senate election since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, as well as the closest Senate election of the 2024 cycle. McCormick was the only Republican challenger to win in a state flipped by Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The other three Republican Senate gains were in states Trump had won in all three of his runs. With Democrats flipping the other Senate seat two years earlier, this was the first time since the 2012 Senate election in Indiana where the opposite party flipped a seat after losing one in the previous cycle. Notably, the margin of just 0 % between the Republican and Democratic candidates is fewer than the votes received by either the Libertarian candidate, John Thomas (1 % of the vote), the Green candidate, Leila Hazou (0 % of the vote), or the Constitution candidate, Marty Selker (0 % of the vote). This was Casey's first general election loss of his political career, and the second counting Casey's primary election loss in 2002. This election made Pennsylvania one of several states to have a younger senior senator (John Fetterman) and an older junior senator (McCormick). McCormick was sworn in on January 3, 2025.

Infobox

Nominee
Dave McCormick
Party
Republican
Popular vote
3,399,295
Percentage
48 %

Tables

· Democratic primary › Fundraising
Candidate
Candidate
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Candidate
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Raised
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Spent
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Cash on hand
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$23,790,263
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$12,391,802
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$11,886,480
Source: Federal Election Commission
Source: Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Source: Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Bob Casey Jr. (D)
$23,790,263
$12,391,802
$11,886,480
Source: Federal Election Commission
Democratic primary results · Democratic primary › Results
Total votes
Total votes
Party
Total votes
Party
1,024,545
Candidate
100 %
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent)
1,024,545
100 %
Total votes
1,024,545
100 %
· Republican primary › Fundraising
Candidate
Candidate
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Candidate
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Raised
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Spent
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Cash on hand
Dave McCormick (R)
Dave McCormick (R)
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Dave McCormick (R)
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$11,052,879
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$4,660,701
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
$6,399,998
Source: Federal Election Commission
Source: Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Source: Federal Election Commission
Campaign finance reports as of April 15, 2024
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Dave McCormick (R)
$11,052,879
$4,660,701
$6,399,998
Source: Federal Election Commission
Public Policy Polling (D)
Public Policy Polling (D)
Poll source
Public Policy Polling (D)
Date(s) administered
March 9–10, 2023
Sample size
616 (LV)
Margin of error
Kathy Barnette
11%
Doug Mastriano
39%
David McCormick
21%
Undecided
29%
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
42%
Margin of error
28%
Kathy Barnette
29%
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Kathy Barnette
Doug Mastriano
David McCormick
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)
March 9–10, 2023
616 (LV)
11%
39%
21%
29%
42%
28%
29%
Republican primary results · Republican primary › Results
Total votes
Total votes
Party
Total votes
Party
878,320
Candidate
100 %
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Dave McCormick
878,320
100 %
Total votes
878,320
100 %

References

  1. Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
  2. $4,263,800 of this total was self-funded by McCormick
  3. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  4. Thomas (L) and Hazou (G) with 1%; "Refused" with 1%
  5. "Some other candidate" with 2%
  6. "Other" with 2%; "Blank/Null/Won't vote" with 1%
  7. "Another candidate" with 1%
  8. "Another candidate" with 2%
  9. Thomas (L) and Hazou (G) with 1%
  10. "Another party's candidate" with 1%
  11. Hazou (G) with 2%; Thomas (L) with 1%
  12. "Someone else" with 1%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  13. "Someone else" with 1%; "Would not vote" with 2%
  14. "Refused" with 2%
  15. "Other" with 4%; "Neither" with 2%
  16. "Someone else" with 3%
  17. "Other" with 2%
  18. Thomas (L) with 2%; Hazou (G) and Selker (C) with 1%; "Other" with 1%
  19. Thomas with 2%; "Another candidate" with 1%
  20. "Someone else" with 2%
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