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Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. [1] A member of the Republican Party , he served three terms as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district , from 1999 to 2005.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was reelected to a second term in a close race, defeating Democratic nominee Katie McGinty and Libertarian Party nominee Edward Clifford. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With a margin of 1.43%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2016 Senate election cycle, behind only the election in New Hampshire .
Robert P., Jr. Casey (Democrat) has a term ending in 2018.Patrick J. Toomey (Republican) has a term ending this year:
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2010 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania ← 2004 November 2, 2010 2016 → Nominee Pat Toomey Joe Sestak Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,028,945 1,948,716 Percentage 51.01% 48.99% County results Precinct results Toomey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Sestak: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 50% No data U.S. senator before election Arlen Specter ...
Feb. 19—Some Crawford County Republicans are telling their party leaders to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey. Pennsylvania Republican Toomey voted to convict Donald Trump during the former president ...
Patrick had, earlier this week, appeared on Fox News to explain her reasoning for backing Republican nominee Trump. “It feels like voting for Donald Trump is like the vote of reason,” she said.
Just before the start of the primary campaign, after serving in the Senate as a Republican for 29 years, Specter had switched to the Democratic Party in anticipation of a difficult primary challenge by Pat Toomey; Toomey ultimately defeated Sestak in the general election. Political observers and journalists described the race between Specter ...