Dave McCormick: podcast appearances and interviews

David Harold McCormick is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world's largest hedge funds, from 2020 to 2022. McCormick graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1987 and served in Iraq during the Gulf War, where he was awarded the Bronze Star while serving in the 82nd Airborne Division. He earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996. Between 2005 and 2009, he held several positions in the George W. Bush administration, culminating as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. After leaving the Bush administration in 2009, McCormick became president of Bridgewater Associates, later serving as co-CEO from 2017 until 2020, when he became its sole CEO. In 2022, he stepped down from his corporate role to pursue a political career. McCormick ran for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Mehmet Oz. He ran again in 2024 and narrowly defeated three-term Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr. to win the seat.