McCormick fell just short against celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz in last year’s GOP Senate primary.
gathering of political insiders in New York. He walked through the agricultural extravaganza at the Pennsylvania Farm Show last week, and he has a book coming out in March, “Superpower in Peril,” featuring the kind of themes that presage a campaign.
He pointed to McCormick’s showing last year, when he came within about 900 votes of Oz, even though former President Donald Trump had backed the TV star.“I hope he’s running for Senate,” said Rob Gleason, a former GOP state chair who endorsed McCormick in last year’s primary. “I’ve suggested it. He didn’t commit to anything. He only said, ‘We’ll be talking in the future.’”
But many Republicans say they hope to avoid the divisive and damaging primaries that defined their failed campaigns for governor and Senate in 2022. McCormick’s supporters hope he can unify the party — or at least scare off most other contenders with his name recognition and gigantic bank account. “I think it’s the duty of the party to try to cleanly and effectively nominate someone through our process,” Reilly said, “and I think someone like Dave would have a leg up with respect to seeking an endorsement as far as the money his campaign spent last election. I think people know him now.”
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