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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 at the time. 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>

*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 at the time. 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 he 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>

Despite how there was no signature verification on any of 2.6 million mail-in ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]] — verification that has resulted in rejecting up to 4.5% of such ballots as improper in prior elections — [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] Toomey declared, “There’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud.”<ref>[https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-election-toomey-trump-20201106-ec2nivtl4jhmverqbync5t75oa-story.html Mcall news]</ref>

Despite how there was no signature verification on any of 2.6 million mail-in ballots in [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]] — verification that has resulted in rejecting up to 4.5% of such ballots as improper in prior elections — [[Opposition to Donald Trump|anti-Trump]] Toomey declared, “There’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud.”<ref>[https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-election-toomey-trump-20201106-ec2nivtl4jhmverqbync5t75oa-story.html Mcall news]</ref>