Ex-Bridgewater CEO McCormick to make Pennsylvania 上院 run 公式の／役人 Thursday - sources
By Jarrett Renshaw
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - David McCormick, a former hedge 基金 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある who lost the 共和国の／共和党の 最初の／主要な for Pennsylvania's open 上院 seat last year, will 発表する on Thursday that he is running again for 上院 - this time against three-time 現職の Democratic 上院議員 （頭が）ひょいと動く Casey Jr.
A U.S. Army 退役軍人 and former 財務省 Department 公式の／役人, McCormick, 58, will kick off one of the nation's most closely watched races with a speech in Pittsburgh, two sources said. Reuters first 報告（する）／憶測d on Sept. 12 that the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge 基金s, would run.
Pennsylvania, one of the nation's most 政治上 競争の激しい 明言する／公表するs, has 攻撃するd toward 民主党員s in 最近の years. 共和国の／共和党のs in 2022 直面するd several losses in the 明言する／公表する, 含むing 候補者s for 上院 and 知事 支援するd by former 大統領 Donald Trump.
共和国の／共和党のs 見解（をとる） the seat as a 可能性のある game-changer in 2024 for 支配（する）／統制する of 議会. 民主党員s are defending a one-seat 上院 大多数 while 直面するing 堅い 現職の races in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana - 明言する／公表するs who 支援するd Donald Trump and other 共和国の／共和党のs in 最近の 選挙s.
The Cook Political 報告（する）／憶測, a nonpartisan newsletter, 述べるs the race McCormick is joining as leaning Democratic.
U.S. 上院 共和国の／共和党のs 焦点（を合わせる）d on McCormick as they try to line up fresh 候補者s for 2024, after newcomers with fringe 見解（をとる）s cost them seats in 2022. 共和国の／共和党のs believe he is 穏健な enough to 控訴，上告 to suburbanites and stable enough to help other 候補者s on the ticket.
Pennsylvania had a 共和国の／共和党の 上院議員 and a Democratic 上院議員 for more than a １０年間 until 共和国の／共和党の Patrick Toomey retired in January. U.S. 上院議員 John Fet terman, a 民主党員, 選ぶd up the Toomey seat last year after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing television celebrity 内科医 Mehmet Oz.
The McCormick （選挙などの）運動をする did not 答える／応じる to requests for comment.
McCormick's 決定／判定勝ち（する） comes after weeks of 口論する人ing over whether Trump at the 最高の，を越す of the ticket could be a drag, making it more difficult to 追い出す the 井戸／弁護士席-基金d Casey, 63. The popular sitting Democratic 上院議員, whose father was a Pennsylvania 知事, has won three 明言する／公表する-wide 選挙.
McCormick is already 直面するing attacks from 民主党員s about whether he truly lives in Pennsylvania. He changed his residency from Connecticut last year to run for office, but The Associated 圧力（をかける） 報告（する）／憶測d last month that McCormick still rents a $16 million mansion in Connecticut. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Jarrett Renshaw. Editing by Heather Timmons and Lincoln Feast.)
