Bob Casey Jr.

Bob Casey Jr.
Official portrait, 2016
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2007 Serving with John Fetterman
Preceded by	Rick Santorum
Chair of the Senate Aging Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office February 3, 2021
Preceded by	Susan Collins
Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee
In office January 3, 2017 – February 3, 2021
Preceded by	Claire McCaskill
Succeeded by	Tim Scott
State offices 74th Treasurer of Pennsylvania In office January 18, 2005 – January 3, 2007 Governor Ed Rendell Preceded by Barbara Hafer Succeeded by Robin Wiessmann 49th Auditor General of Pennsylvania In office January 21, 1997 – January 18, 2005 Governor Tom Ridge Mark Schweiker Ed Rendell Preceded by Barbara Hafer Succeeded by Jack Wagner
Personal details
Born	Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (1960-04-13) April 13, 1960 (age 64) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Terese Foppiano ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	4
Parent	Bob Casey Sr. (father)
Education	College of the Holy Cross (BA) Catholic University of America (JD)
Website	Senate website Campaign website
Bob Casey Jr.'s voice Bob Casey Jr. on his support for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Recorded December 8, 2022

Robert Patrick Casey Jr. (born April 13, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Casey, Jr. is the son of Bob Casey Sr., a former governor of Pennsylvania. Raised Catholic, he attended the College of the Holy Cross, later receiving his Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America. He practiced law in Scranton before beginning his political career as Pennsylvania Auditor General, a post to which he was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2000, holding the post until 2005.

In 2002, Casey ran 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 ran for treasurer in the 2004 election which he used as a launching pad to campaign in the 2006 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania defeating Republican incumbent Rick Santorum. He was reelected in 2012 and in 2018, becoming the first Democrat in Pennsylvania to win a third consecutive term in the Senate. Casey is running for reelection to a fourth term in the Senate in 2024.^[1] He is the current dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.