Casey was first elected to public office in 1996 as Pennsylvania’s Auditor General.

Following his defeat this past November to Republican challenger Senator-elect Dave McCormick, outgoing Senator Bob Casey, Jr. is using his last weeks in office to reflect on his time in public office.

In an interview with NBC News, Casey touted his work in the Senate on getting major Democrat-priority legislation, such as the Affordable Care Act and the American Rescue Plan, through Congress and signed into law. Casey said he was proud of having “played a role in passing” those bills among others.

Casey also discussed legislation he personally shepherded, including legislation helping families of those with a disability to save for college, efforts to increase college campus safety and protect female college students from sexual assault, and investments in infrastructure.

According to Casey, his time in the Senate was marked by bipartisanship on judicial appointees. He told NBC News “In my time in the Senate, I was able to work with three different senators, two Republicans, one Democrat, to confirm 51 federal judges, most of those being district court judges who will serve for life.”

In an open letter Casey sent via email to constituents, he discussed other legislative achievements, including a bill named after Pennsylvania resident and United Airlines pilot Victor Saracini who died on 9/11, which “makes airplane cockpits more secure.”

Casey also said his efforts expanded “Medicaid access for children in rural and urban areas”, and that his legislative achievements “will continue to help Pennsylvanians and Americans for generations to come.”

Casey, whose father was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995, was first elected to office the year after his father left the Governor’s office. In 1996, Casey, Jr was elected state auditor general, where he served two terms until term limits forced him to run for the state’s treasurer in 2004. While serving as Auditor General, Casey unsuccessfully ran for Governor in 2002, losing to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell. Despite having been elected treasurer in 2004, Casey ran for the United States Senate in 2006 against incumbent Republican Rick Santorum. He went on to defeat Santorum by more than 17 points. Casey won reelection in 2012 and again in 2018 before losing to McCormick earlier this year.