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| − | '''Patrick Joseph “Pat” Toomey''' (born November 17, 1961) is the junior [[Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and was a three-term Congressman from [[Pennsylvania]]'s 15th Congressional District from 1999 through 2005. In 2004, Toomey attempted to unseat the entrenched [[Arlen Specter]] from his Senate seat in the Republican primary. Despite being outspent by Specter, who as a [[liberal]] also received newspaper endorsements, Toomey lost the primary by just 2% of the vote. He served as the president of [[Club for Growth|The Club for Growth]] from 2005–2009. In April 2009, Toomey announced that he would make a second attempt for the [[U.S. Senate]], against thirty-year incumbent, since-Democrat Arlen Specter. Winning the republican primary by a large margin, Toomey defeated Sestak in the fall. A [[conservative]], Toomey is [[pro-life]] and a strong advocate for limited government, tax cuts, and reduced wasteful spending. Unfortunately, Toomey is also a supporter of [[gun control]], and co-wrote the Manchin-Toomey gun-grab bill with [[Democrat]] [[Joe Manchin]]. | + | '''Patrick Joseph “Pat” Toomey''' (born November 17, 1961) is the junior, second-term [[Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and was previously a three-term Congressman from [[Pennsylvania]]'s 15th Congressional District from 1999 through 2005. |
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| | + | Toomey rode the coattails of [[Donald Trump]] in 2016 to win a tight election, in which Trump outran Toomey by nearly 20,000 votes. In 2020, Toomey announced that he will not run for reelection 2022, despite being only 58 years old. While pretending to be transparent in announcing that he would retire early, Toomey did not disclose what lucrative jobs he is considering after he leaves the Senate prior to a typical retirement age.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/pat-toomey-senate-retirement-426429</ref> |
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| | + | Toomey has been openly critical of Trump despite winning his seat only because of Trump's coattails. Toomey declined to participate or support the Senate hearing in December 2020 concerning [[election fraud]] in the [[Presidential Election, 2020]]. Toomey declared that [[Joe Biden]] won without addressing the many issues of improper ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] and other [[swing states]]. |
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| | + | == Electoral background == |
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| | + | In 2004, Toomey attempted to unseat the entrenched [[Arlen Specter]] from his Senate seat in the Republican primary. Despite being outspent by Specter, who as a [[liberal]] also received newspaper endorsements, Toomey lost the primary by merely 2% of the vote. He served as the president of the [[globalist]] [[Club for Growth|The Club for Growth]] from 2005–2009. |
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| | + | In April 2009, Toomey announced that he would make a second attempt for the [[U.S. Senate]], against thirty-year incumbent, since-[[Democrat]] Arlen Specter. Winning the republican primary by a large margin. [[Joe Sestak]] then defeated Specter, and Toomey defeated Sestak in the fall. |
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| | + | While Toomey styled himself as a [[conservative]] and a strong advocate for limited government, tax cuts, and reduced wasteful spending, Toomey supported [[gun control]] by co-sponsoring the Manchin-Toomey gun-grab bill with [[Democrat]] [[Joe Manchin]]. |
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