Republican David McCormick, center, is joined by his wife Dina Powell, left, as he arrives at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh to announce that he will enter Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race and make his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

During an appearance on Fox and Friends last week, Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick addressed claims that he lives in Connecticut by saying he just wants to be “a good dad.”

Although McCormick recently announced his candidacy for a seat in Pennsylvania, recent reports have suggested that he spends most of his time in Connecticut. The Associated Press reported last month that the former Bridgewater CEO is renting a $16 million mansion on the state’s Gold Coast area, a region populated by some of the wealthiest business executives in the country.

Shortly after announcing his campaign, McCormick downplayed the claims on Fox and Friends, where he claimed that he lives in Pennsylvania but must visit his daughter in Connecticut in order to see her after his divorce.

“My youngest daughter is finishing high school,” McCormick explained to host Steve Doocy. “She lives with her mom in Connecticut, and I’m going spend time in Connecticut being a good dad. And if there’s a political problem with that, so be it. But this is a distraction.”

McCormick has focused his campaign on opposing China and discouraging U.S. investments in the country. But during his time as a CEO, McCormick oversaw significant financial investments in Chinese companies and taught other businesses how to outsource jobs to other countries like China.

This is the second time McCormick is running for the Senate in Pennsylvania, after narrowly losing to Dr. Mehmet Oz in the 2022 Republican primary. Oz lost to John Fetterman in the general election after his campaign was battered by reports that the television personality actually lived in New Jersey.

McCormick is the frontrunner on the Republican side, and he is looking to unseat incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D), who has held the seat since 2007.