2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Pennsylvania. Primary elections will take place on April 23, 2024.[1] Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. announced his intention to run for a fourth term on April 10, 2023.[2]
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Background
Pennsylvania is considered to be a purple state at the federal level, especially since in the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden carried Pennsylvania by about 1.2 percentage points. Democrats currently control both U.S. Senate seats, the Governorship, a majority of its U.S. House congressional delegation, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The last time Republicans won a U.S. Senate seat was in 2016.[3][4][5][6]
Senator Bob Casey Jr. was first elected in 2006, defeating then-incumbent senator Rick Santorum by about 17 percentage points. He was re-elected in 2012 by 9 percentage points and in 2018 by 13 percentage points.[7][8][9]
The race is considered to be favoring Casey, but analysts still consider this race to be amongst the most competitive Senate races in 2024.[10]
Democratic primary
Declared
- Bob Casey Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator (2007–present)[11]
- Blaine Forkner, engineer[12]
Endorsements
- Executive officials
- Patrick Murphy, Acting Secretary of the Army (2016), former U.S. Representative for PA-8 (2007–2011)[13]
- U.S. Senators
- John Fetterman, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present)[14]
- U.S. Representatives
- Chris Carney, PA-10 (2007–2011)[13]
- Chris Deluzio, PA-17 (2023–present)[14]
- Chrissy Houlahan, PA-6 (2019–present)[13]
- Conor Lamb, PA-17 (2018–2023)[13]
- Statewide officials
- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania (2023–present)[14]
- Individuals
- Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, labor organizer and president of NextGen America PAC (2021–present)[15]
- Organizations
- End Citizens United[16]
- Jewish Democratic Council of America[17]
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs[18]
- League of Conservation Voters[19]
- Let America Vote[16]
- Natural Resources Defense Council[20]
- NextGen America PAC[15]
- Peace Action[21]
- Labor unions
Fundraising
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2023 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Bob Casey Jr. (D) | $11,211,805 | $5,793,288 | $5,906,535 |
Source: Federal Election Commission[24] |
Republican primary
Declared
- David McCormick, former U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (2007–2009), former CEO of Bridgewater Associates (2020–2022), and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[25]
Potential
- Carla Sands, former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[26]
Declined
- Kathy Barnette, political commentator, nominee for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district in 2020, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[27]
- Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (2021–present)[26] (running for re-election)[28]
- Doug Mastriano, state senator for SD-33 (2019–present) and nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2022[29] (endorsed McCormick)[30]
Endorsements
- Federal officials
- Dina Powell, former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy (2017–2018) (his wife)[31]
- State cabinet officials
- Robert Gleason, former Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1985–1987)[32]
- U.S Senators
- Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (2019–present)[33]
- Steve Daines, U.S. Senator from Montana (2015–present)[34]
- Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1985–present) and Senate Minority Leader (2007–2015, 2021–present)[35]
- U.S. Representatives
- Brian Fitzpatrick, PA-1 (2017–present)[32]
- John Joyce, PA-13 (2019–present)[32]
- Mike Kelly, PA-16 (2011–present)[32]
- Dan Meuser, PA-9 (2019–present)[32]
- Scott Perry, PA-10 (2013–present)[32]
- Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14 (2019–present)[32]
- Lloyd Smucker, PA-11 (2017–present)[32]
- Glenn Thompson, PA-15 (2009–present)[32]
- State senators
- Ryan Aument, state senator for SD-36 (2015–present)[36]
- Doug Mastriano, state senator for SD-33 (2019–present) and 2022 GOP nominee for Governor[30]
- Local officials
- Sam DeMarco, at-large Allegheny County councilor (2016–present) and chair of the Allegheny County Republican Party (2018–present)[37]
- Party officials
- Andrew Reilly, Republican National Committeeman from Pennsylvania (2020–present)[32]
- Christine Toretti, Republican National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania (1997–present)[32]
- Organizations
- Americans for Prosperity[38]
- Conservative Political Action Conference[39]
- Pennsylvania Federation and Penn State College Republicans[40][41]
- Political parties
- Individuals
- Matt Schlapp, Chairman of the American Conservative Union (2014-present)[39]
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Kathy Barnette |
Doug Mastriano |
David McCormick |
Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) | March 9–10, 2023 | 616 (LV) | – | 11% | 39% | 21% | 29% |
– | – | 42% | 28% | 29% |
General election
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[43] | Lean D | January 24, 2023 |
Inside Elections[44] | Tilt D | July 28, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[45] | Likely D | January 24, 2023 |
Elections Daily[46] | Likely D | May 4, 2023 |
Polling
- Bob Casey Jr. vs. David McCormick
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Bob Casey Jr. (D) |
David McCormick (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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Franklin & Marshall College | October 11–22, 2023 | 873 (RV) | ± 4.1% | 46% | 39% | 4% | 12% |
Emerson College | October 1-4, 2023 | 430 (RV) | ± 4.7% | 41% | 33% | 8% | 18% |
Quinnipiac University | September 28 – October 2, 2023 | 1,725 (RV) | ± 2.4% | 50% | 44% | 2%[lower-alpha 2] | 4% |
Susquehanna Polling & Research (R) | May 2–8, 2023 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 53% | 41% | 1% | 5% |
Franklin & Marshall College | March 27 – April 7, 2023 | 643 (RV) | ± 6.6% | 42% | 35% | – | 23% |
Cygnal (R) | April 12–13, 2023 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 46% | 41% | – | 13% |
- Bob Casey Jr. vs. Doug Mastriano
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 1] |
Margin of error |
Bob Casey Jr. (D) |
Doug Mastriano (R) |
Undecided |
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Franklin & Marshall College | March 27 – April 7, 2023 | 643 (RV) | ± 3.7% | 47% | 31% | 22% |
Cygnal (R) | April 12–13, 2023 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 49% | 39% | 12% |
Notes
- Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - "Someone else" & "Wouldn't vote" with 1%
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