A year after he arrived on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick leaned forward in his sunny, seventh-floor office and said he’s acutely aware that not everyone wants him here.
Pennsylvania’s newest senator won his 2024 election — and lost a previous one — by a hair in a perennial swing state where many of his constituents aren’t thrilled by his positions or what he calls President Donald Trump’s “transformation agenda.”
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