Sen. Bob Casey has big cash advantage over Dave McCormick, latest campaign finance filings show

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has nearly double the available cash of Republican challenger Dave McCormick, who has put nearly $2 million of his own money into this year’s campaign.

Federal campaign finance reports for the first quarter of the year show that Casey raised $5.67 million, including $4.35 million from individual donors, just over $1 million from various committees and $280,000 from political-action committees.

Casey’s campaign called the quarterly total “the largest fundraising haul of his career.”

Casey spent $3.22 million in the quarter, leaving him with $11.88 million in cash on hand.

Earlier this month, the Casey campaign said it received more than 90,000 contributions from more than 53,000 donors, with about 80% of contributions under $50.

McCormick, who also announced his haul earlier this month, reported that he raised $5.35 million and loaned his campaign $970,900 following a $1 million loan in the fourth quarter.

First-quarter filings show McCormick spent $3.29 million, leaving him with $6.2 million in available cash.

Records show that McCormick, a former hedge fund CEO, loaned $14 million to his campaign for the 2022 Republican primary race against Dr. Mehmet Oz, who won the GOP primary but lost to now-Sen. John Fetterman in November 2022.

This year’s Senate race is widely expected to be the most expensive in Pennsylvania history, surpassing the $408 million total spent in 2022 by the campaigns ($167.2 million) and outside groups ($240.5 million).