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(9,287 posts) Sun Oct 4, 2020, 01:18 PM Oct 2020

Report: Pa. Senator Pat Toomey Won't Seek Re-Election Or Run For Governor In 2022 [View all]

Source: KDKA-TV News Staff

Report: Pa. Senator Pat Toomey Won’t Seek Re-Election Or Run For Governor In 2022

October 4, 2020 at 12:56 pm
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Toomey won't run for either office when his current Senate term runs out.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Toomey has decided not to run for either office when his current term in the Senate runs out. The Inquirer reports that Senator Toomey’s office neither confirmed nor denied the reports on Sunday.

Read more: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/10/04/pat-toomey-senate-governor-2022/

This is big news for Senate and Pennsylvania.

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Report: Pa. Senator Pat Toomey Won't Seek Re-Election Or Run For Governor In 2022 [View all] bronxiteforever Oct 2020 OP

He sees the handwriting on the wall. roamer65 Oct 2020 #1

Hope he isn't thinking of running for President. Now who livetohike Oct 2020 #2

Pat Toomey to Gov. Wolf: Open sporting events to spectators bronxiteforever Oct 2020 #7

John Fetterman blue neen Oct 2020 #8

That would be my pick. I met him a couple of years ago livetohike Oct 2020 #12

I do too. blue neen Oct 2020 #13

That's been the rumor DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #18

I wonder if Wolf could run for that seat because that is when his term is up BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #9

I think he would run and win. Not sure if he would though. I agree on John Fetterman. He livetohike Oct 2020 #14

Fetterman is such a down-home, home-grown Pennsylvanian BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #17

Wolf's 70+ now DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #19

I didn't want to get into the ageism BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #23

I'm sure he said once his current term is up, DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #24

You can't have Wolf. Grins Oct 2020 #39

Word here in Philly was that PA AG Josh Shapiro might be interested (rumor). BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #40

Shapiro OhioTim Oct 2020 #42

I think he knows the jig is up. apcalc Oct 2020 #3

DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #4

Maybe that's why he isn't running rpannier Oct 2020 #44

I'd feel even better MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #46

Smart move, avoiding the 2nd rush Progressive dog Oct 2020 #5

OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #6

+100. He was also the Senate architect of Trump's tax scam bill.n/t bronxiteforever Oct 2020 #11

Teabagger Toomey BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #16

Agree about Senator Teabagger! bronxiteforever Oct 2020 #20

I hate to say it BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #21

He wouldn't win either seat. blue neen Oct 2020 #10

There's a song by Queen that's very fitting just for this occasion..."Another One Bites The Dust"! Illumination Oct 2020 #15

This really surprises me DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #22

The ones you mention, including Toomey, came in during the 2010 massacre BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #25

have told him that I intend to do everything in my power to see him lose the next election gfwzig Oct 2020 #26

As a resident of PA, all I can say is Yipppeeeee! Marie Marie Oct 2020 #27

PA Attorney Josh Shapiro's (D) name just came up as a possibile BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #28

Yes Shapiro will be a term limitedAG assuming he wins reelection. bronxiteforever Oct 2020 #29

He'd have a choice now, with the Toomey announcement (that I heard would happen tomorrow) BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #32

Shapiro's going to run for governor assuming DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #33

Larry Kane has been a reporter for almost 60 years BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #35

I know all about Larry Kane DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #36

We'll see. BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #37

Fetterman is going to run for it Cosmocat Oct 2020 #48

There will probably be a lot of people on both sides running for it. BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #49

If Toomey became governor I would leave the state pronto bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #30

He can form a mutual assholes society with that other former PA senator, Frothy Mix. ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #31

Boy, THAT is certainly a "Hall-of-Fame" list! MyOwnPeace Oct 2020 #47

Fetterman doesn't seem interested in succeeding DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #34

Conor Lamb will probably run for it I bet Wanderlust988 Oct 2020 #38

They did put Santorum in the Senate though. Ace Rothstein Oct 2020 #43

He probably has a very lucrative offer on K Street. dchill Oct 2020 #41

Good riddance Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #45

A lot of Dems could jump into this senate race DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #50