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Dave McCormick

Dave McCormick
Official Senate portrait of McCormick smiling in front of the U.S. and Pennsylvania flags, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and striped red and blue tie.
Official portrait, 2025
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Serving with John Fetterman
Preceded byBob Casey Jr.
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
In office
August 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byTimothy D. Adams
Succeeded byLael Brainard
United States Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs
In office
August 2006 – August 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCaroline Atkinson (2011)
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security
In office
October 7, 2005 – August 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byKenneth Juster
Succeeded byMario Mancuso
Personal details
Born
David Harold McCormick

(1965-08-17) August 17, 1965 (age 59)
Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Amy Richardson
    (m. 1999; div. 2015)
  • (m. 2019)
Children6 (including 2 stepdaughters)
RelativesJames H. McCormick (father)
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Website
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1987–1992
RankCaptain
Unit82nd Airborne Division
Battles/warsGulf War
AwardsBronze Star

David Harold McCormick (born August 17, 1965) is an American politician, businessman, and former Army officer serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds, from 2020 to 2022.[1][2]

McCormick graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1987 and served in Iraq during the Gulf War. He received the Bronze Star while serving in the 82nd Airborne Division.[3][4][5] In 1996, McCormick earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University. From 2005 to 2009, he held several positions in the George W. Bush administration, lastly as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.[2] McCormick left the Bush administration in 2009 to become president of Bridgewater, a position he held until becoming co-CEO in 2017. He became its sole CEO in 2020 and stepped down from the position to run for the U.S. Senate in 2022, but lost the Republican primary to Mehmet Oz by 950 votes.

McCormick won the Republican nomination unopposed for the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania and defeated three-term incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey Jr. by just over 15,000 votes out of nearly seven million cast, a margin of 0.22%.

  1. ^ Levy, Rachael (December 3, 2019). "Bridgewater Co-CEO Eileen Murray to Depart". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ a b Fortado, Lindsay; Wigglesworth, Robin (December 6, 2019). "Former US Ranger ready to take command at Bridgewater". Financial Times. Nikkei. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Swick, Carson (July 20, 2024). "Pa. GOP Senate candidate and retired Army Capt. David McCormick shores up veteran support". New York Post. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (November 23, 2024). "What to know about Dave McCormick, Pennsylvania's new senator". Erie Times-News. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "David McCormick -- Department of Commerce". White House Archives. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

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