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| | Toomey rode the coattails of [[Donald Trump]] in 2016 to win a tight reelection, in which Trump outran Toomey by nearly 20,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/pennsylvania 2016 Pennsylvania Results]</ref> Toomey lagged significantly behind Trump in the northeastern and rural areas, while running somewhat ahead in small, southeast pockets of the state including suburban Bucks County and Chester County. In 2020, Toomey announced that he will not run for reelection 2022,<ref>Two references: | | Toomey rode the coattails of [[Donald Trump]] in 2016 to win a tight reelection, in which Trump outran Toomey by nearly 20,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/pennsylvania 2016 Pennsylvania Results]</ref> Toomey lagged significantly behind Trump in the northeastern and rural areas, while running somewhat ahead in small, southeast pockets of the state including suburban Bucks County and Chester County. In 2020, Toomey announced that he will not run for reelection 2022,<ref>Two references: |
| | *Rogers, Alex (October 5, 2020). [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/pat-toomey-announcement-not-running-senate-pennsylvania/index.html GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania won't run for reelection in 2022]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 20, 2020. | | *Rogers, Alex (October 5, 2020). [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/pat-toomey-announcement-not-running-senate-pennsylvania/index.html GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania won't run for reelection in 2022]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 20, 2020. |
| − | *Jacobs, Emily (October 5, 2020). [https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/sen-pat-toomey-expected-to-announce-he-wont-seek-re-election/ Sen. Pat Toomey announces he won’t seek re-election or run for governor]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> despite being only 58 years old. While pretending to be transparent in announcing that he would retire early, Toomey did not disclose which lucrative jobs he is considering after he leaves the Senate prior to a typical retirement age.<ref>Everett, Burgess (October 5, 2020). [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/pat-toomey-senate-retirement-426429 Sen. Pat Toomey to retire from politics in blow to GOP]. ''Politico''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> Toomey also delayed saying the voted for Trump — who won his state — until the afternoon of the election in 2016.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-updates-on-the-2016-election-voting-and-race-results/toomey-waited-until-just-before-polls-closed-to-say-he-voted-for-trump/ Toomey waited until just before polls closed to say he voted for Trump]</ref> | + | *Jacobs, Emily (October 5, 2020). [https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/sen-pat-toomey-expected-to-announce-he-wont-seek-re-election/ Sen. Pat Toomey announces he won’t seek re-election or run for governor]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> despite being only 58 years old. While pretending to be transparent in announcing that he would retire early, Toomey did not disclose which lucrative jobs he is considering taking after he leaves the Senate prior to a typical retirement age.<ref>Everett, Burgess (October 5, 2020). [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/pat-toomey-senate-retirement-426429 Sen. Pat Toomey to retire from politics in blow to GOP]. ''Politico''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> Toomey also delayed saying the voted for Trump — who won his state — until the afternoon of the election in 2016.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-updates-on-the-2016-election-voting-and-race-results/toomey-waited-until-just-before-polls-closed-to-say-he-voted-for-trump/ Toomey waited until just before polls closed to say he voted for Trump]</ref> |
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| | Toomey has been openly critical of Trump at times despite winning his seat partially 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]].<ref>Lucas, Fred (December 16, 2020). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/16/7-takeaways-from-a-senate-panels-hearing-on-election-fraud/ 7 Takeaways From a Senate Panel’s Hearing on Election Fraud]. ''Daily Signal''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> Toomey declared that [[Joe Biden]] won without addressing the many issues of improper ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] and other [[swing states]],<ref>Mcardle, Mairead (November 22, 2020). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-senator-pat-toomey-congratulates-biden-urges-trump-to-accept-election-results/ GOP Senator Pat Toomey Congratulates Biden, Urges Trump to Accept Election Results]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> even after a Pennsylvania Superior Court held that millions of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania were unconstitutional.<ref>The [[Democrat]]-controlled [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] overturned the decision based on a procedural technicality ([[laches]]).</ref> | | Toomey has been openly critical of Trump at times despite winning his seat partially 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]].<ref>Lucas, Fred (December 16, 2020). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/16/7-takeaways-from-a-senate-panels-hearing-on-election-fraud/ 7 Takeaways From a Senate Panel’s Hearing on Election Fraud]. ''Daily Signal''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> Toomey declared that [[Joe Biden]] won without addressing the many issues of improper ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] and other [[swing states]],<ref>Mcardle, Mairead (November 22, 2020). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-senator-pat-toomey-congratulates-biden-urges-trump-to-accept-election-results/ GOP Senator Pat Toomey Congratulates Biden, Urges Trump to Accept Election Results]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 20, 2020.</ref> even after a Pennsylvania Superior Court held that millions of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania were unconstitutional.<ref>The [[Democrat]]-controlled [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] overturned the decision based on a procedural technicality ([[laches]]).</ref> |