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David Mc Cormick Candidate For United States Senator

McCormick was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Pittsburgh area. He attended high school in Bloomsburg. His father, James H. McCormick, was president of Bloomsburg University and chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

David Harold McCormick is an American businessman and politician who served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, from 2020 to 2022. He is the husband of Dina Powell, former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy.

A member of the Republican Party, McCormick served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush administration. In January 2022, he announced his candidacy for the US Senate seat held by the retiring Pat Toomey. McCormick lost the Republican primary to Mehmet Oz by less than 1,000 votes.

In September 2023, he announced his second US Senate campaign. McCormick won the Republican nomination unopposed and is facing Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. in the 2024 general election.