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David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

GOP Senate contenders aren’t shy about wanting Trump’s approval. But in Pennsylvania, it’s awkward

Since he became a force in Republican politics, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S. Senate races, shaping which GOP contenders get nominated.

David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a discussion with military veterans organized by his campaign at an American Legion hall, Jan. 18, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, McCormick elevates the Israel-Hamas war in a bid for Jewish voters

Republican David McCormick addresses supporters after announcing he will enter Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race and make his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Republican David McCormick launches 2nd Senate bid in Pennsylvania, aims to oust Democrat Bob Casey

FILE - Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, meets with attendees during a campaign event in Coplay, Pa., Jan. 25, 2022. McCormick is expected to announce his second bid for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, according to people familiar with his plans, taking on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after narrowly losing an expensive and bruising GOP primary last year to a Donald Trump-endorsed rival. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Republican David McCormick plans to run for US Senate again in Pennsylvania, sources tell AP

FILE - David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Friday, May 13, 2022. Republicans trying to recapture the U.S. Senate majority have the candidate they want in Pennsylvania. Now they just need David McCormick to run.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania Republicans have the candidate they want for the US Senate. They just need him to run

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FILE - Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. Mastriano has said he will announce Thursday night, May 25, 2023, whether he will run for U.S. Senate, less than seven months after his landslide loss in last November’s general election for governor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide open as hard-right state lawmaker says he won’t run

A hard-right Pennsylvania state lawmaker says he will not challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. The decision leaves the GOP primary field wide open. State Sen.

FILE - David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Pa., on May 13, 2022. Donald Trump's attacks on McCormick contributed to his defeat in a Republican primary earlier this year for a critical U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. As he eyes another run, the former president's derision may not be such a liability. McCormick is considering a challenge to three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump blowback could carry less bite in 2024 for some in GOP

Donald Trump’s attacks on fellow Republican David McCormick contributed to the former hedge fund manager’s loss in Pennsylvania’s Senate primary in May.

FILE - Bridgewater Associates Chairman Ray Dalio speaks during the Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in Beijing, China on March 23, 2019. A biography of billionaire hedge-fund manager Dalio, “The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend,” by Rob Copeland, was announced Wednesday by St. Martin’s Press. The book is scheduled for next fall. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

‘Unvarnished’ bio of Ray Dalio scheduled for next fall

An “unauthorized, unvarnished” biography of billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio will be published next fall.

Boxes of recounted ballots from the recent Pennsylvania primary election are stacked at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court is allowing elections officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

Oz wins Pa. Senate primary ahead of showdown with Fetterman

Dr. Mehmet Oz has won Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate primary after a dayslong recount. The celebrity heart surgeon will face Democratic Lt. Gov.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary

Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is conceding the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

McCormick concedes to Oz in Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary

Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is conceding the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

Pa. GOP loudly opposed counting undated ballots, until now

When Philadelphia’s election board prepared to count ballots last year that were mailed-in without the voter’s handwritten date, Republicans threatened impeachment.

Pa. court orders contested ballots counted in Senate primary

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court agreed Thursday night in a ballot-counting lawsuit with the campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S.

Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent primary election at the Montour County administration center in Danville, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Supreme Court order could affect Pennsylvania Senate count

The U.S. Supreme Court is temporarily blocking the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.

Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent primary election at the Montour County administration center in Danville, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Recount begins in Pennsylvania’s GOP primary for Senate

Recounting began Friday in the too-close-to-call Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. Barely 900 votes separate celebrity heart surgeon Dr.

Allegheny County elections workers review provisional ballots with authorized representatives from Dave McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz's campaigns, Monday, May 23, 2022, on the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Recount cranks up in Pennsylvania’s GOP primary for Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With just 910 votes separating the two leading candidates in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

Oz, McCormick race heads into recount in Pa. Senate primary

Pennsylvania’s top election official says the margin between the top two candidates in last week’s Republican primary for U.S.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

Court battles go down to count deadline in Pa. Senate race

Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick is going to Pennsylvania’s highest court in an eleventh-hour bid to help him close the gap in votes with celebrity heart surgeon Dr.

Republican candidate for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Dave McCormick talks to supporters as returns show a close race during his returns watch party in the Pennsylvania primary election, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pa. Senate race

David McCormick’s campaign is suing in a Pennsylvania court over his neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr.

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to Oz, ending his campaign Friday, June 3, as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit. (AP Photo/File)

Pa. Senate GOP primary too close to call, recount likely

Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat is too close to call and is likely headed for a statewide recount to decide the winner of the contest between heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr.

Court rules on mail ballots as Senate race votes are counted

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without a required date on the return envelope must be allowed in a 2021 Pennsylvania county judge race, a decision that could complicate the ongoing process of vote counting in the state’s neck-and-neck U.S.

Election worker Monica Ging processes a ballot for the Pennsylvania primary election at the Chester County Voter Services office, Thursday, May 19, 2022, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Oz, McCormick tied in Pa. with thousands of ballots to count

Vote counting in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate has dragged into a third day as Dr.

An election worker continues the process in counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania

Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr.

An election worker continues the process in counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania's hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Oz, McCormick still neck and neck in Pa. GOP Senate primary

Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for the Republican nomination to fill an open Pennsylvania U.S.

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, right, waves in front of his wife, Lisa, while speaking at a primary night election gathering in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Tight Pennsylvania GOP Senate race; Mastriano wins gov nod

Donald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor has won his primary, and his Senate pick is locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president works to expand his hold on the Republican Party.

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, left, accompanied by former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greensburg, Pa., Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Oz’s ties to Turkey attacked in Pennsylvania’s Senate race

Mehmet Oz’s rivals in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate are escalating their attacks on the celebrity heart surgeon’s connections to his parents’ native country of Turkey, raising it as a possible national security issue.

FILE - Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a town hall campaign event at Arcaro and Genell in Old Forge, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Oz in Pennsylvania’s crowded Senate primary, ending months of jockeying for Trump's support. Trump says in a statement that his decision is “all about winning elections” as he backs the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show.” Trump had previously endorsed Sean Parnell in the race, but Parnell withdrew amid allegations of abuse from his estranged wife. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP, File)

Trump endorses Oz in Pennsylvania’s Senate primary race

Former President Donald Trump is endorsing Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s crowded Senate primary, ending months of jockeying for Trump’s support.

FILE - Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, meets with attendees during a campaign event in Warminster, Pa., March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Ex-hedge fund CEO aims to be hometown boy in key Senate race

As CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, David McCormick wore suits, lived on Connecticut’s ritzy Gold Coast and talked up bipartisanship.

Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania speaks during a campaign event in Coplay, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Millions follow rich candidates in Pennsylvania Senate race

Cash is pouring in to Pennsylvania’s hotly contested race for U.S. Senate as wealthy and well-connected candidates move in from out of state followed by millions of dollars.

Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, left, is joined by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a campaign event in Coplay, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

No Trump endorsement? Senate hopeful enlists other GOP stars

Former President Donald Trump is holding off on making a new endorsement in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

FILE - David McCormick poses for photos at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, in this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo in Bedminster, N.J. McCormick is running in the 2022 Republican primary election in the wide-open race for the Pennsylvania seat being vacated by two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. The race has attracted wealthy and well-connected transplants, and homers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Ex-hedge fund CEO enters topsy-turvy Senate GOP primary race

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After several months of positioning himself to run, ex-hedge fund CEO David McCormick is entering Pennsylvania’s campaign for U.S.

Hedge fund CEO resigns ahead of anticipated US Senate run

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — David McCormick has resigned as CEO of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, Connecticut-based Bridgewater Associates said Monday, as McCormick moves closer to declaring his candidacy for U.S.

FILE - US Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs David McCormick speaks during a news conference at the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. McCormick joins the Republican field of possible candidates aiming to capture Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat in next year's election. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Hedge fund CEO draws high-level support in GOP Senate race

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — David McCormick, CEO of one of the world’s largest hedge funds and a former senior official in President George W.

FILE - This Dec. 4, 2019 file photo shows Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 14th annual L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth Gala in New York. Oz is running in the 2022 Republican primary election for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Rich? Want to be a U.S. senator? Welcome to Pennsylvania!

Pennsylvania’s high-stakes race for an open U.S. Senate seat is seeing candidates bringing big bank accounts and big-time connections from blue states.