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A trio of them Democratic senators who were all who were elected during the 2006 blue wave midterm cycle lost their re-election bids this week, in a devastating blow to the party as the Republican Party regains control of the Senate.
Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Sen. Jon Tester of Montana have been staunch Democrats since they were sworn in in 2007, but they saw their Senate careers end this week as they faced high-stakes challenges from the Republicans.
Fox News predicted Wednesday that the Republican Party has flipped the Senate red and had 53 seats as of Thursday afternoon.
Sens. Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester and Bob Casey (Fox News)
Senator Bob Casey
Senator Bob Casey (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania He was expected to lose his high-stakes race against Republican challenger Dave McCormick on Thursday afternoon as Pennsylvania officials waded through votes in the razor-thin race. McCormick received 48.95% of the vote, compared to Casey’s 48.49%.
The Casey name has deep roots in Pennsylvania, not only from the longtime Democratic senator, but also from his father, Bob Casey Sr., who served as governor of the Keystone State from 1987 to 1995 after serving for years in various other elected positions.
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Casey Jr. launched his first Senate campaign in 2005, seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum and flip the seat blue. Backed by his father’s wildly popular legacy and winning platform, Casey Jr. sailed. to victory in the 2006 elections, holding the seat for almost 18 years.
Dave McCormick (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Trump-backed Dave McCormick launched his campaign for Senate to dethrone Casey this cycle and officially declare victory in the race on Thursday, as certain jurisdictions in Pennsylvania continued counting votes after experiencing some voting issues on Tuesday.
McCormick portrayed Casey as a longtime politician with close ties to the Biden-Harris administration, who put D.C. politics ahead of advocating for policies that benefited Pennsylvanians and voters across the country.
Senator Sherrod Brown
Senator Sherrod Brown (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brownwho has served in the Senate since 2007 and has been in politics for half a century, was considered one of the most vulnerable incumbents heading into Tuesday night, ultimately falling to his Republican challenger as Trump won Ohio by more than 10 points .
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Brown, who lost to Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno by about four points, tried to highlight areas where he disagreed with President Biden but was ultimately pressured by a voting record that was nearly 100% in agreement with the president and a climate of opposition to illegal immigration and a difficult economy.
Bernie Moreno (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
“This is a disappointment, but not a failure,” Brown said in his concession speech. “It will never be wrong to fight for organized labor, it will never be wrong to fight for women’s freedom to make their health care decisions, it will certainly never be wrong to fight for civil rights and human rights.”
Senator Jon Tester
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)
Three-term Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.lost the Senate race in Montana in 2024, but his longstanding position is remembered for his ability to hold a blue seat for nearly two decades despite the state’s significant shift to red.
Tester, a dirt farmer from Big Sandy, was first elected to the Senate in 2006, ousting former three-term Republican Sen. Conrad Burns for the Big Sky State seat he would hold for the next 18 years.
Tester’s victory notably cemented Montana as a predominantly blue state that year, with two Democratic senators and a Democratic governor. Tester went on to win a second term in 2012, despite being on the ballot with then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who won Montana’s electoral votes that year.
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The state saw a major shift into the red in 2014 when Republican Sen. Steve Daines toppled one of the long-held Democratic senators. Senate seats for Republicans, the first of a number of seats that would eventually go to the Republicans.
Despite President-elect Trump winning Montana by about 20 points in 2016, Tester successfully secured a third term in 2018. Tester broke the mold of many Democrats in Washington, DC: a rural American farmer who advocated for the protection of the Second Amendment and the funding law. enforcement.
Tim Sheehy (Reuters/Mike Segar)
But when Tester sought a fourth term in the state, he faced one increasingly red electorate.
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The Democrat’s position in the state then came to an end this cycle former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, a Republican, unseated him in one of the most closely watched Senate races of the 2024 cycle.
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