Pressure Mounts After Associated Press Reveals McCormick “Still Lives On Connecticut’s ‘Gold Coast’”
CBS Pittsburgh: “McCormick has Been Living in a Wealthy Area of Connecticut”
The Messenger: “Property Records And Real Estate Listings Show That Mccormick Still Lives in a Mansion He Rents on Westport”
PENNSYLVANIA — As he considers a potential Senate bid, David McCormick’s lies about living in Pennsylvania are already dogging the Connecticut hedge fund executive.
Voters across Pennsylvania are learning about David McCormick’s lies in national news outlets along with local, print, broadcast, and radio across Pennsylvania.
What They Are Seeing, Hearing, and Reading in Pennsylvania:
FOX Harrisburg: Fox43 Morning News
Former hedge fund CEO, David McCormick is gearing up for a Senate campaign. It would be the second time he’s run for the office after narrowly losing the Republican nomination to Dr. Mehmet Oz in the GOP primary last year. While McCormick is considered a favorite among party leaders, public records show he spends much of his time out of state which was a major liability for his primary opponent,Dr. Oz, in last year’s election.
CBS Pittsburgh: KDKA-TV News
The AP reports public records, real estate listings, and recent interviews indicate McCormick has been living in a wealthy area of Connecticut. The AP reports he rents a $16 million mansion in Westport, Connecticut, with a wine cellar, elevator, and private waterfront resort.
NPR Harrisburg: Morning Edition
McCormick says he lives in the state and points to his 2.8 million dollar home in Pittsburgh. But public records and footage from home interviews show the multi- millionaire Republican spends much of his time living in Connecticut where he rents a $16 million mansion on the coast. McCormick previously criticized Dr. Mehmet Oz because he said that the 2022 Republican Senate nominee lacked ties to the commonwealth.
CBS Radio Pittsburgh: KDKA AM
David McCormack had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Mehmet Oz, lost a critical Pennsylvania Senate seat. Voters viewed the daytime television celebrity as an interloper from New Jersey with limited ties to the state that he hoped to represent…The former hedge fund CEO rents a $16 million mansion in Westport that features a wine cellar that can hold 1500 bottles, an elevator and a private waterfront resort overlooking Long Island Sound. The trappings of a wealthy enclave well outside Pennsylvania offer a jarring contrast with political identity that McCormack has sought to cultivate.
NPR Connecticut: All Things Considered
On the campaign trail Republican David McCormick emphasizes his Pennsylvania roots. But he also rents a home in Westport. He has conducted interviews at the Westport house and some publicly available paperwork he filled out lists the Connecticut home as his address.
Patch: Pennsylvania Senate Campaign Complicated By Westport Residency: Report
Former Bridgewater Associates CEO David McCormick, who lost a Republican primary last year to Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, is reportedly considering launching another U.S. Senate campaign in the Keystone State, despite living in Westport.
The Associated Press writes that McCormick, who grew up in Pennsylvania, and his wife, former Goldman Sachs executive Dina Powell McCormick, rent a home in Westport worth $16 million, while at least one of their children completes high school.
New York Magazine: McCormick Still Wants to Be Pennsylvania’s Senator, Still Doesn’t Live There
The Associated Press reports that McCormick still mainly resides in Connecticut’s Gold Coast, a region known for its wealthy residents. He is reportedly renting a Westport mansion worth $16 million that features a 1,500-bottle wine cellar and views of the Long Island Sound. The AP notes that McCormick appeared to be in the Connecticut home while conducting several video interviews earlier this year and that at least one of his children still attends a private school in the state.
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If McCormick gets in the race, he’ll be facing an incumbent with deep roots in the state. Casey was born in Scranton; he is the son of a former Pennsylvania governor (whose name he shares); and he served in the state government as auditor general and treasurer prior to running for the U.S. Senate.
The Messenger: Top Pennsylvania Senate Hopeful David McCormick Lives in Connecticut: Report
Property records and real estate listings show that McCormick still lives in a mansion he rents in Westport, Conn., even though he does own a home in Pittsburgh and grew up in that area.
McCormick was the CEO of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and worked on Wall Street, which may have led to him living in Connecticut, according to the AP report.
The issue could be critical for McCormick who, during his previous run in Pennsylvania against eventual GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz, hammered the eventual 2022 election loser for being from New Jersey.
MSNBC: Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 8.14.23
As David McCormick eyes a Republican U.S. Senate campaign in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press reports that the former hedge fund CEO “still lives on Connecticut’s ‘Gold Coast,’ one of the densest concentrations of wealth in America.” Last year, McCormick narrowly lost to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who also faced difficult residency questions, in a GOP Senate primary.
Raw Story: GOP’s Pennsylavnia frontrunner may have same glaring vulnerability as Dr.Oz
Celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz’s GOP Senate campaign in Pennsylvania crashed and burned in 2022, in part due to the fact that he had only tenuous ties to the state and had for years lived in New Jersey. Now, for the Senate race in 2024, the GOP’s frontrunner — former hedge fund manager David McCormick — appears to have a very similar issue, reported the Associated Press on Monday….McCormick, who competed with Oz unsuccessfully for the Senate nomination in 2022, has also come under criticism for making money off outsourcing jobs to lower-cost countries.
Daily Kos: Oz 2.0 : Top GOP pick for Pennsylvania Senate race busted for living out of state
McCormick listed the rented property in Westport, which is in the heart of the Nutmeg State’s affluent “Gold Coast” region, as his address on both a January document selling his $13.4 million Manhattan condo and a March campaign contribution. Slodysko notes that McCormick’s children also attend private school in Connecticut. The story further observes that McCormick carried out virtual interviews earlier this year from his New England mansion, a fact the reporter was able to ascertain because “[d]istinguishing features in the background match pictures that were posted publicly before the McCormicks moved in.”
Heartland Signal: David McCormick lives in Connecticut, but he’s about to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania
McCormick owning multiple homes outside of Pennsylvania is similar to his former primary opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz, who many routinely criticized for not living in Pennsylvania but rather New Jersey. Oz defeated McCormick after the former daytime television host won an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Sen. John Fetterman (D), who defeated Oz in the general election last year, mocked McCormick with an edited video posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday saying, “That m***** f***** is not a PA resident.”