Bob Casey Jr.
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United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with Pat Toomey |
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| Preceded by | Rick Santorum |
| Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Claire McCaskill |
| 34th Treasurer of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 18, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Governor | Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | Barbara Hafer |
| Succeeded by | Robin Wiessmann |
| 49th Auditor General of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 21, 1997 – January 18, 2005 |
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| Governor |
Tom Ridge Mark S. Schweiker Ed Rendell |
| Preceded by | Barbara Hafer |
| Succeeded by | Jack Wagner |
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Robert Patrick Casey Jr. April 13, 1960 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Terese Foppiano (1985–present) |
| Children | 4 |
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College of the Holy Cross Catholic University of America (JD) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Senate website |
Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American attorney and politician, currently the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania. He previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Casey is the son of Robert P. Casey, a former Governor of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Scranton Preparatory School in 1978, he attended the College of the Holy Cross. He received his law degree from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America. Casey practiced law in Scranton, Pennsylvania, before beginning his political career as Pennsylvania's Auditor General, a post to which he was elected to in 1996 and re-elected in 2000.
In the 2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Casey attempted to follow his father's footsteps in a run for Governor of Pennsylvania. He was defeated, however, in the Democratic primary by eventual general election victor Ed Rendell. After being term-limited out of his position as auditor general, Casey was elected state treasurer in the 2004 election.
Casey defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Rick Santorum in the 2006 election. He was re-elected in 2012 and is the first Democrat to be elected to a full term and the first to win re-election to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania since Joseph S. Clark Jr. in 1962.
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