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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>

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>

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]].

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 [[United States presidential election, 2020|presidential election]].  Toomey declared that [[Joe Biden]] won without addressing the many issues of improper ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] and other [[swing states]].

== Electoral background ==

== Electoral background ==