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| United States Senator fromPennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Rick Santorum | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dave McCormick | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 74thTreasurer of Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 18, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | Ed Rendell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Barbara Hafer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robin Wiessmann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 47thAuditor General of Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 21, 1997 – January 18, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | Tom Ridge Mark Schweiker Ed Rendell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Barbara Hafer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jack Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (1960-04-13)April 13, 1960 (age 65) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as aUnited States senator fromPennsylvania. He is a member of theDemocratic Party.
Born inScranton, Pennsylvania, Casey is the son ofBob Casey Sr., a formergovernor of Pennsylvania. After graduating from theCollege of the Holy Cross and theCatholic University of America, he practiced law in Scranton before beginning his political career asPennsylvania Auditor General, a position he was elected to in 1996 and held until 2005.
In2002, Casey ran for governor of Pennsylvania, but lost the Democratic primary toEd Rendell. After being term-limited out of his position as auditor general, Casey was electedtreasurer in2004. In2006, Casey ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated theRepublican incumbent,Rick Santorum. Casey was reelected in2012 and in2018. In2024, he narrowly lost reelection to Republican nomineeDavid McCormick by a 0.22% margin.[1]
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. was born inScranton, Pennsylvania, on April 13, 1960, one of eight children of Ellen (née Harding) andBob Casey Sr., the 42ndgovernor of Pennsylvania. He is of Irish descent.[2]
Casey played basketball atScranton Preparatory School, from which he graduated in 1978. He graduated from theCollege of the Holy Cross inWorcester, Massachusetts, in 1982, and received aJuris Doctor from theColumbus School of Law atThe Catholic University of America inWashington, D.C., in 1988.[3] Between college and law school, Casey served as a member of theJesuit Volunteer Corps and spent a year teaching 5th grade and coaching basketball at the Gesu School inFrancisville, Philadelphia.[4] He practiced law in Scranton from 1988 until 1996.[4]
Casey ran forPennsylvania State Auditor General in1996, winning the Democratic nomination.[5] He won the general election and was reelected in2000, serving two terms, from 1997 to 2005.[6]
In a 2002PoliticsPA feature story designating politicians withyearbook superlatives, Casey was named "Most Likely to Succeed".[7]
Casey attempted to follow in his father's footsteps by running forgovernor of Pennsylvania. He faced formerPhiladelphia MayorEd Rendell in the Democraticprimary election. Rendell had run for governor and lost to Casey's father in1986. The Pennsylvania Democratic Party supported Casey, whom it saw as more electable than Rendell due to his popularity among Democrats statewide, strong support from unions, and name recognition. He choseJack Wagner as his running mate.[8]
In a bitter primary, classified as the then-most expensive in Pennsylvania's history,[9] Rendell won the nomination by winning only 10 out of 67 counties:Philadelphia and itsDelaware Valley suburbs (Bucks,Chester,Montgomery, andDelaware), itsLehigh Valleyexurbs (Berks,Lehigh, andNorthampton),Lancaster, andCentre, the home ofPenn State University.[10] Casey endorsed Rendell after the primary and Rendell won the general election.
In2004, Casey, who was term limited as auditor general, was electedState Treasurer. He served in this position from 2005 to 2007.[11]
In 2005, Casey received calls from U.S. SenatorsChuck Schumer, the chair of theDemocratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, andHarry Reid, theSenate minority leader. Both asked him to run for U.S. Senate in the2006 U.S. Senate election against Republican incumbentRick Santorum. On March 5, 2005, Casey launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination. His run for the Senate was his fifth statewide campaign in nine years.
Casey was almost immediately endorsed byGovernorEd Rendell, his primary election opponent from2002.[12] He was endorsed by two Democrats who had been mentioned as possible U.S. Senate nominees: formerCongressmanJoe Hoeffel, who had run against Pennsylvania's other Senator,Arlen Specter, in 2004, and formerState TreasurerBarbara Hafer, whom many in theabortion rights movement had attempted to convince to run against Casey in the Democratic primary.[citation needed]
Casey's moresocially conservative views led to two challenges in the Democratic primary. His two challengers, college professor Chuck Pennacchio and pension lawyer Alan Sandals, argued that Casey's views on abortion and other social issues were too conservative for mostPennsylvania Democrats. Casey challenged this, arguing his opinions gave him cross-party appeal. He defeated both challengers in the May 16 primary with 85% of the vote.[13][14]
On election night, Casey won the race with 59% of the vote to Santorum's 41%. Casey's 17.4-point victory margin was the highest ever for a Democrat running for Senate in Pennsylvania.[15] It was also the largest for a challenger to any incumbent Senator sinceJames Abdnor unseatedGeorge McGovern by 18.8 points in1980.[16]
Casey sought reelection in 2012.[17][18] His prospects were uncertain. Observers noted that as the election approached, Casey, an early supporter of Obama, had "started to oppose the president outright or developed more nuanced responses to events that differentiate him from Mr. Obama. Analysts say Mr. Casey wants to put some distance between himself and a president whose job approval ratings in Pennsylvania are poor".[19] In December 2011, it was reported that theAFL–CIO would spend "over $170,000" on pro-Casey TV ads.[20]
Casey easily defeated challenger Joseph Vodvarka in the Democratic primary, and faced the Republican nominee, former coal company ownerTom Smith, in the general election. He defeated Smith on November 6, 53.7% to 44.6%, making him the first Democrat elected to a second term in the Senate from Pennsylvania sinceJoseph S. Clark Jr. in 1962.[21]
Casey defeated the Republican nominee, U.S. Congressman and former Hazelton mayorLou Barletta, 55.7% to 42.6%. The victory made Casey the first Democrat to be elected to a third term in state history, as well as the first to win six statewide elections.[22][23][24]
Casey ran for a fourth Senate term in 2024 and lost to Republican nomineeDavid McCormick by 0.22%, in the closest Senate race of the 2024 cycle.[25] In an interview after the election, Casey attributed his defeat to not winning enough votes in thePhiladelphia metropolitan area, while losing ground in the state's rural areas.[26]
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Casey endorsedBarack Obama in theDemocratic presidential primaries of 2008.[27] ThePennsylvania Report said he "struck gold" by endorsing Obama early in theprimary, a move that gave him "inside access to the halls of the White House".[28] Casey campaigned across Pennsylvania in support of Obama's candidacy in the months leading up to the primary in that state; they bowled together at Pleasant Valley Lanes inAltoona.[29]
Casey has been called an "even-keeled moderate, not only in tone but in policy", but afterDonald Trump became president in 2017, Casey developed a "new, saltier social media prowess". His outspoken opposition to many of Trump's actions prompted one local media outlet to describe his new strategy before his 2018 reelection campaign as "Oppose Trump every chance he gets".[30][31]
In February 2018, while speaking toJohn Catsimatidis on New York radio stationWNYM, Casey issued a warning tospecial counselRobert Mueller not to deliver a report on his findings in theRussian interference in the 2016 United States elections investigation too near to the2018 midterm elections. While saying he could not "make any assumptions about where the Mueller investigation is going", he said he "would recommend Mueller not release a report on his findings near the midterms" because it would "distract from elections or cause people to question the election's integrity".[32]
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In 2014, Casey released a report onincome inequality in Pennsylvania and urged Congress to raise theminimum wage, extend unemployment insurance, and increase funding for early education.[36][37][38] He has said he believes that the United States has not exhausted its options to stop foreign countries from flooding the country with steel supplies, and that he wanted the Trump administration to defendnuclear power in Pennsylvania.[39]
In 2017, Casey was one of eight Democratic senators to sign a letter to President Trump noting government-subsidized Chinese steel had been placed into the American market in recent years below cost and had hurt the domestic steel industry and the iron ore industry that fed it, calling on Trump to raise the steel issue withPresident of the People's Republic of ChinaXi Jinping in his meeting with him.[40]
In 2023, Casey introduced two bills focused on workplace AI and worker surveillance, including the No Robot Bosses Act, which prohibits employers from solely using an automated decision system to make employment-related decisions.[41]
In 2024, Casey introduced the Shrinkflation Protection Act, which would prevent companies from selling smaller sizes of product without lowering prices, and the Price Gouging Prevention Act, which would create a federal ban on "grossly excessive price increases".[42]
As a candidate for state treasurer in 2004, Casey opposedschool vouchers and supported using state funds "to increase the availability of safe, quality and affordable early care and education for families that choose to use these programs".[43]
Casey questioned Trump's nomination ofBetsy DeVos forSecretary of Education on the grounds that she and her husband had donated to theFoundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which seeks to "defend individual rights on college campuses". He asked DeVos to "fully explain whether she supports the radical view that it should be more difficult for campus sexual-assault victims to receive justice". In an op-ed inThe Wall Street Journal, FIRE co-founderHarvey Silverglate wrote that "FIRE vigorously defends thefree-speech and due-process rights of college students and faculty" and that the organization "is nonpartisan and has defended students and faculty members on the left and right", making "common cause with politically diverse organizations ranging from theAmerican Civil Liberties Union and theNational Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers toThe Heritage Foundation,Young Americans for Liberty and theCato Institute".[44] Casey's position was challenged inUSA Today byStuart Taylor andKC Johnson, who wrote that, contrary to a letter in which Casey and SenatorPatty Murray described campus sexual assault as "affecting millions of college students", 5,178 campus rapes were reported in 2014.[45]Politico ran a prominent piece that echoed Casey's characterization of FIRE,[46] whileNational Review and other publications assailed Casey and defended FIRE.[47][48][49][50][51]
Casey accused hisRepublican opponentRick Santorum of not recognizing the danger ofglobal warming.[52]
Along with over 70 other senators, Casey wrote to urge theEuropean Union to designateHezbollah as a terrorist organization.[53] He introduced the Stop Terrorist Operational Resources and Money (STORM) Act of 2016, which punishes countries that accept terrorist financing by their citizens or within their borders. Casey voted for theProtect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act, which was designed to ensure that the U.S. is not a market forantiquities looted from Syria and was signed into law by Obama.[54][55][56]
Casey condemned thegenocide of theRohingya Muslim minority inMyanmar and called for a stronger response to it.[57]
Casey was one of 34 senators to sign a letter in 2019 to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" by preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S. by helping to improve conditions in those countries.[58]
Casey voted against a resolution in 2024 proposed by SenatorBernie Sanders to apply thehuman rights provisions of theForeign Assistance Act toU.S. aid to Israel's military. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11.[59]
Casey introduced legislation in 2012 that would extend thepayroll tax cut for another year and providetax credits for employers that add jobs.[60]
In 2016, Casey joined a group of Senate Democrats led byJoe Manchin of West Virginia who wanted to extend expiring benefits for retired coal workers.[61] Described as "unusually animated", Casey said he would "vote against a must-pass spending bill needed to keep the government running" if the coal miners' benefits were not extended.[62]
Alongside all other Senate Democrats, Casey voted against the 2017Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, saying that it was "a giveaway to the super rich".[63]
In 2016,The Washington Post reported that "'pro-gun' Bob Casey" had become "an evangelist for gun control laws". After theSandy Hook school massacre in 2012, he had "completely flipped his views" on several gun issues, largely as a result of having been "accosted" by his wife and daughter. "Casey has since embraced every major proposal to counter gun violence", thePost reported, "including a renewed ban on assault weapons and enhanced background checks before gun purchases." In the wake of theOrlando Pulse massacre, he unveiled theHate Crimes Prevention Act, which would have prevented people convicted ofhate crimes from buying guns. He said he had never really thought about the gun issue until Sandy Hook, "coasting along with Pennsylvania's traditional pro-gun views in a state where theNational Rifle Association has held sway for decades". After Sandy Hook, he "found it unacceptable that the NRA opposed any new laws".[64]
Philadelphia magazine ran an article the same year about Casey's "profound about-face on gun control", noting that it had taken place in "a matter of days" and that Casey "was the first to introduce gun control legislation after the massacre in Orlando". Casey said his switch had been a result of "thinking of the enormity of it, what happened to those children, which was indescribably horrific, and then having my wife and daughter say to me, 'You're going to vote on this at some point. How are you going to vote?'" He said: "I had to ask myself that question, because normally I would stay in my lane. There's only two lanes on this. It's the NRA lane or the voting for commonsense gun measures lane. So I decided whether I was going to stay in the old lane, in which I had traveled a long time but really had never been challenged or had to cast a real big vote."[65]
Casey supported President Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2009,[66] and for theHealth Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.[67]
Casey was one of six Democratic senators to introduce the American Miners Act of 2019, a bill that would amend theSurface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to swap funds in excess of the amounts needed to meet existing obligations under the Abandoned Mine Land fund to the 1974 Pension Plan as part of an effort to prevent its insolvency as a result of coal company bankruptcies and the 2008 financial crisis. It also increased theBlack Lung Disability Trust Fund tax and ensured that miners affected by the 2018 coal company bankruptcies would not lose their health care.[68]
In 2019, when asked during a town hall whether he supportedMedicare for All, Casey declined to directly answer, but said he supported "universal coverage".[69]
Amid discussions to prevent agovernment shutdown in September 2019, Casey was one of six Democratic senators to sign a letter to congressional leadership advocating the passage of legislation that would permanently fund health care and pension benefits for retired coal miners as "families in Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Colorado, North Dakota and New Mexico" would start to receive notifications of health care termination by the end of the following month.[70]
Casey formerly identified as pro-life[71][72] and expressed support for overturningRoe v. Wade.[73] In 2005, he opposed fundingembryonic stem cell research.[74] In 2006, he supported theDemocrats for Life of America'sPregnant Women Support Act,[75] which sought to reduce abortion by supporting women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Casey has voted against barring HHS grants to organizations that provide abortion services, where such services may often not be central to the organization's chief purpose.[76]
In 2010, during a debate on theAffordable Care Act, Casey was heckled for his handling of the abortion provisions in the bill and for not taking an uncompromising anti-abortion stance. He was the primary sponsor of an amendment to prevent government funds from being used for abortion services, but when he tried to organize a compromise that appealed to the party's lone Senate holdout,Ben Nelson, he angered some religious groups.[77][78]
In 2011, Casey voted against defundingPlanned Parenthood and cutting funding for contraception, and for cloture for the nomination ofGoodwin Liu, earning him a 100% rating from NARAL.[79] The same year, Casey said he supported over-the-counter sale of the morning-after pill foremergency contraception.[80] In the 2012 election,NARAL Pro-Choice America's election guide endorsed Casey.
In 2015 and 2018, Casey joined two other Democratic senators,Joe Manchin andJoe Donnelly, in voting for bills that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.[81][82] In 2017, he voted for legislation that would have overturned theMexico City Policy, which prohibits foreign aid for organizations that provide or promote abortion.[83][84] His vote prompted anti-abortion activists to question his commitment to their cause.[84] TheNational Right to Life Committee criticized Casey for his 2017 vote against the confirmation ofNeil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States.[85][71]
In 2018,Politico wrote:
After a decade in the Senate, Casey has become an increasingly reliable vote in support of abortion rights—scoring as high as 100 percent onNARAL Pro-Choice America's vote tally in 2016 and 2017 ... although his 2018 rating is sure to be lower.
Politico acknowledged that scorecards "are an imperfect calculation of a lawmaker's position", adding that Casey asserted that he had voted anti-abortion on 13 of the 15 abortion-related measures during his career.[71] According toPolitico, "Like conservative anti-abortion groups, [Casey] opposes theRoe decision and opposes the taxpayer funding of the [abortion] procedure. But like progressive abortion rights organizations, he supports Obamacare, access to contraception through programs such as Title X and funding for Planned Parenthood."[71] Casey considers contraception a tool to reduce the demand for abortions. He has called on greater funding for access to contraceptives, specifically supporting Planned Parenthood's efforts to make them more accessible.[71]
In 2022, Casey fully reversed hisanti-abortion position and said he supported legislation to codify national abortion rights.[86][87][88] He and 45 other senators voted to allow debate to continue on theWomen's Health Protection Act in a roll-call vote on February 28.[89] He voted for the measure again on May 11 in the wake of the leak of theDobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. He said that if the bill passedcloture, he would still vote for it.[90]
In 2019, Casey was one of 41 senators to sign a letter to the housing subcommittee praising theUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that President Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote of their hope that the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.[91]
Casey supported the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348), a bill voted down in the110th United States Congress, which would have provided a path to legal citizenship forundocumented persons living in the U.S. He also supported the Clinton amendment, the Menendez amendment, and the Alaska amendments.[92] During his 2006 Senate race, he expressed support for theComprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006.[93] Casey voted to continue federal funds for declared "sanctuary cities".[94]
Casey took part in aPhiladelphia International Airport protest against President Trump's January2017 travel ban.[30] Leaving a black-tie event to join the protest, he tweeted: "I won't stand by as the promise of America is diminished."[95] In May, Casey, nine other senators, and 13 U.S. representatives requested in a letter to theHomeland Security Secretary that they stop the detention of four children and their mothers at theBerks County Residential Center. Many of the families had been detained there without legal recourse for more than a year and a half. Casey also personally took to social media with impassioned appeals to the White House on behalf of a Honduran 5-year-old and his 25-year-old mother being held at the facility who were facing deportation. They had fled violence and death threats and sought asylum in the U.S. in 2015, but failed theircredible fear interview. Attorneys had been appealing their case, and the legal team was in the middle of the process of applying forSpecial Immigrant Juvenile Status for the child when they were awakened at 3:30AM on May 3 byImmigration and Customs Enforcement and put on a plane to Honduras. "This child and his mother deserved better from this Administration. They got the absolute worst", Casey said.[96][97]
In 2019, Casey and six other Democratic senators led byBrian Schatz sent letters to the Government Accountability Office and the suspension and debarment official and inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services citing recent reports that showed "significant evidence that some federal contractors and grantees have not provided adequate accommodations for children in line with legal and contractual requirements" and urging officials to determine whether federal contractors and grantees were in violation of contractual obligations or federal regulations and should thus face financial consequences.[98]
Casey expressed support for the confirmation of bothJohn Roberts in 2005[99] andSamuel Alito in 2006[100] to theSupreme Court of the United States; both were believed to be in favor of overturningRoe v. Wade.
He voted to confirm bothSonia Sotomayor in 2009[101] andElena Kagan in 2010 to theSupreme Court of the United States.[102]
Casey voted against confirmingNeil Gorsuch in 2017 to the Supreme Court, citing "real concerns" about Gorsuch's "rigid and restrictive" judicial philosophy and some of his past opinions on issues relating to the health and safety of workers and the rights of those with disabilities.[103] He also voted against theconfirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018.[104] He voted against theconfirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in 2020.[105]
Casey voted for theDon't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010.[106][107] A longtime supporter of civil unions, Casey stated his support for same-sex marriage in 2013.[108][109] He also supports the adoption of children by same-sex couples.[43]
Casey was one of 18 senators to sign a letter in 2019 toUnited States Secretary of StateMike Pompeo requesting an explanation of a State Department decision not to issue an official statement that year commemoratingPride Month or issue the annual cable outlining activities for embassies commemorating Pride Month. They also asked why the LGBTI special envoy position had remained vacant and wrote, "preventing the official flying of rainbow flags and limiting public messages celebrating Pride Month signals to the international community that the United States is abandoning the advancement of LGBTI rights as a foreign policy priority."[110]
Casey and his wife, Terese, were married in 1985, and have four children.[111]
In 2023, Casey was treated forprostate cancer.[112][113]
His brother Patrick Casey is alobbyist who has reported lobbying the U.S. Senate on a number of issues.[114]
In 2025, Casey joined theUniversity of Scranton as a public service advisor.[117]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 252,645 | 34.6% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Tom Foley | 242,190 | 33.2% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Bill Lloyd | 128,500 | 17.6% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Sandra Miller | 105,868 | 14.5% | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,455 | 1.4% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 729,203 | −32.2% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 2,367,760 | 56.1% | +10.8% | |
| Republican | Bob Nyce | 1,706,835 | 40.4% | −10.7% | |
| Libertarian | Sharon Shepps | 103,234 | 2.4% | −1.2% | |
| Constitution | Robert Lord | 43,487 | 1.1% | N/A | |
| Majority | 514,204 | 12.2% | +9.8% | ||
| Turnout | 4,221,316 | 65.3% | −1.0% | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. (inc.) | 2,651,551 | 56.8% | +0.7% | |
| Republican | Katie True | 1,862,934 | 39.9% | −0.5% | |
| Green | Anne Goeke | 62,642 | 1.3% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | Jessica Morris | 41,967 | 0.9% | −2.1% | |
| Constitution | John Rhine | 23,971 | 0.5% | −0.5% | |
| Reform | James Blair | 21,476 | 0.5% | N/A | |
| Majority | 638,561 | 13.6% | +1.4% | ||
| Turnout | 4,664,541 | 63.1% | −2.2% | ||
| Democratichold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ed Rendell | 702,442 | 56.5% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 539,794 | 43.5% | N/A | |
| Majority | 162,648 | 13.1% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,242,236 | 28.0% | +13% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 3,353,489 | 61.3% | +14.1% | |
| Republican | Jean Craige Pepper | 1,997,951 | 36.5% | −12.8% | |
| Libertarian | Darryl Perry | 61,238 | 1.1% | −0.4% | |
| Green | Paul Teese | 40,740 | 0.7% | −0.8% | |
| Constitution | Max Lampenfeld | 20,406 | 0.4% | −0.5% | |
| Majority | 1,233,154 | 22.5% | +24.0% | ||
| Turnout | 5,473,824 | 68.9% | +5.8% | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 629,271 | 84.5% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Chuck Pennacchio | 66,364 | 8.9% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Alan Sandals | 48,113 | 6.5% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Others | 1,114 | 0.1% | N/A | |
| Majority | 513,680 | 68.9% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 744,862 | +1.3% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 2,392,984 | 58.7% | +15.2% | |
| Republican | Rick Santorum | 1,684,778 | 41.3% | −17.4% | |
| Majority | 708,206 | 17.3% | +10.4% | ||
| Turnout | 4,077,762 | 41.8% | +3.0% | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | −24.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 565,488 | 80.9% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Joseph Vodvarka | 133,683 | 19.1% | N/A | |
| Majority | 431,805 | 61.8% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 699,171 | −6.1% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert P. Casey Jr. | 3,021,364 | 53.7% | −4.9% | |
| Republican | Tom Smith | 2,509,114 | 44.6% | +3.3% | |
| Libertarian | Rayburn Smith | 96,926 | 1.7% | +1.7% | |
| Majority | 512,250 | 9.1% | − | ||
| Turnout | 5,627,404 | ||||
| Democratichold | Swing | −4.9% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Casey Jr. | 2,792,437 | 55.74% | +2.05% | |
| Republican | Lou Barletta | 2,134,848 | 42.62% | −1.97% | |
| Libertarian | Dale Kerns | 50,907 | 1.02% | −0.70% | |
| Green | Neal Gale | 31,208 | 0.62% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 5,009,400 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David H McCormick | 3,398,920 | 48.82% | +6.20% | |
| Democratic | Robert P Casey Jr. | 3,383,370 | 48.60% | −7.14% | |
| Libertarian | John C Thomas | 89,632 | 1.29% | +0.27% | |
| Green | Leila Hazou | 66,361 | 0.95% | +0.33% | |
| Constitution | Marty Selker | 23,616 | 0.34% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 6,961,899 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republicangain from Democratic | |||||
The three-term senator lost amid Trump's grip on rural voters and sagging turnout around metropolitan areas like Philadelphia.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forAuditor General of Pennsylvania 1996,2000 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forTreasurer of Pennsylvania 2004 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromPennsylvania (Class 1) 2006,2012,2018,2024 | Most recent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Auditor General of Pennsylvania 1997–2005 | Succeeded by Jack Wagner |
| Treasurer of Pennsylvania 2005–2007 | Succeeded by | |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania 2007–2025 Served alongside:Arlen Specter,Pat Toomey,John Fetterman | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theSenate Aging Committee 2017–2021 | Succeeded by Susan Collins |
| Preceded by | Chair of the Senate Aging Committee 2021–2025 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded byas Former U.S. Senator | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Senator | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Senator |
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| Class 3 | ||
| Notes | † Never officially seated | |
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| People | |
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