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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]]. | 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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Revision as of 23:43, December 20, 2020
| Patrick Toomey | |||
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| Junior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania From: January 5, 2011 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Arlen Specter | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District From: January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| Predecessor | Paul McHale | ||
| Successor | Charlie Dent | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Kris Toomey | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
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.
Toomey rode the coattails of Donald Trump in 2016 to win a tight reelection, 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.[1]
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. Toomey declared that Joe Biden won without addressing the many issues of improper ballots in Pennsylvania and other swing states.
Electoral background
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 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. Joe Sestak then defeated Specter, and Toomey defeated Sestak in the fall.
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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