Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey (R) announced his retirement from the Senate Monday.
The second-term Senator had previously expressed interest in running for Governor in 2022 but said he will not seek that office.
Toomey said, “I will not be running for reelection in 2022 and will not be running for governor.”
He said he will finish out the remainder of this term and then will return to the private sector, according to Burgess Everett.
GOP Sen. Toomey in Pennsylvania: "I will not be running for reelection in 2022 and I will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term … and after that my plan is to go back to the private sector"
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) October 5, 2020
Toomey, a former Wall Street banker, served in the House of Representatives form 1999-2005.
In 2004, he challenged incumbent GOP Senator Arlen Specter but fell short by 1.6% in the primary.
Six years later, Toomey challenged Specter in the primary.
After polls showed Specter losing to Toomey in a primary, Specter announced he was switching parties to become a Democrat.
Specter eventually lost the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak who Toomey narrowly defeated in November of 2010 to become a US Senator.
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