GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania has announced he will retire at the end of his current term in 2022 — opening up a major new political battle for a key swing-state seat in the next midterm election.
Sen. Patrick Toomey. R-Pa., said he's returning to the private sector instead of running for reelection to his senate seat.Sen. Patrick Toomey. R-Pa., said he's returning to the private sector instead of running for reelection to his senate seat.Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey jolted a new political fight for 2022, announcing Monday that he'll retire from the Senate at the end of his current term and won't mount a bid to become the state's next governor.
"I will not be running for election in 2022 and I will not be running for governor," Toomey said standing alongside his family in a press conference from Allentown, Pa. After the final two years of his term he said"my plan is to go back to the private sector." He has faced a challenge balancing conservative supporters of President Trump, and those who have said Toomey hasn't done enough to stand up to the president. Toomey noted on Monday that long ago he realized he was not"responsible for the president's Twitter feed.""I work with this president on a regular basis.
"I'm looking forward to more time back at home," Toomey said."I have no specific plans, and I'm not going to spend time or energy thinking about what I'll do later until a good two years from now because I've got a lot of work still ahead of me."
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