{"id":91490,"date":"2026-01-20T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91490\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:31:12","slug":"how-sen-dave-mccormick-navigated-a-wild-first-year-as-pennsylvanias-purple-state-republican-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91490\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sen. Dave McCormick navigated a wild first year as Pennsylvania&#8217;s purple state Republican | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year after he arrived on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. 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