WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, announced Monday that he would seek another term in the Senate, giving Democrats a lift in the face of a challenging Senate map. 2024.
Casey announced his re-election bid with a pitch to voters to donate to his campaign in a video posted on Twitter to help “be able to fight for every single vote” in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
“I’m running for re-election because, with so much going for Pennsylvania’s working families, I want to continue delivering results for Pennsylvania,” Casey said in a statement. “There is still more work to do to cut gridlock, stand up to powerful corporate special interests, and make life a little easier for hardworking Pennsylvanians. I will not back down from any fight for communities and families across our commonwealth.”
Casey, who turns 63 this week, was elected to the Senate in 2006 and is one of about two dozen Democrats — among them independent Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont — on the ballot in November 2024. Republicans are looking to save just 10 seats.
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The race is expected to be the most competitive — and expensive — of the 2024 election cycle, according to Casey, and will be critical for Democrats to win to maintain their majority in the Senate. democrat John Fetterman flipped Pennsylvania’s other Senate seat in 2022.
At least two Democrats, Sens. Debbie Stebenow of Michigan And Dianne Feinstein of CaliforniaHaving announced that they will retire at the end of their term in early 2025, a competitive battle for their seat is likely.
In Michigan, there’s Representative Elisa Slotkin announced his campaign to succeed Stabeno, while several California Democratic lawmakers have entered the primary race to replace Feinstein. Democrats running for the Senate include representatives. Adam SchiffKatie Porter and Barbara Lee.
Casey was diagnosis including prostate cancer earlier this year and Surgery done In February, the senator’s office said the surgery was a success and that Casey would not need further treatment.
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