Bob Casey

Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Casey was the Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and the Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007. Since 2023, Casey has been the dean of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Casey is the son of Bob Casey, a former governor of Pennsylvania. Raised Catholic, he attended the College of the Holy Cross, later receiving his J.D. degree from the Catholic University of America. Casey practiced law in Scranton before beginning his political career as Pennsylvania's auditor general, a post to which he was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2000. In 2002, Casey attempted to follow in his father's footsteps by running for governor of Pennsylvania, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Ed Rendell. After being term-limited out of his position as auditor general, Casey was elected treasurer in the 2004 election. Casey defeated two-term Republican incumbent Rick Santorum in the 2006 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. He was reelected in 2012 and 2018, becoming Pennsylvania's first ever Democrat to win a third consecutive term in the Senate. In April 2023, Casey announced he would be running for a fourth term in the 2024 U.S. Senate election. Early life and education Casey was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as one of eight children of Ellen (née Harding) and Bob Casey Sr., the 42nd governor of Pennsylvania. He is of Irish descent.