Pennsylvania Senate2022
RACE AT A GLANCE
SEAT FLIPPED
John Fetterman
RACE WINNER
John Fetterman
Seat flipped
RACE TYPE
OPEN
Pat Toomey (R)
Retiring
RACE RATING
Last updated: Oct 4, 2022Race summary
When we shifted our Pennsylvania Senate rating to Lean Democrat about six weeks ago, we included this key caveat — Republican spending against Democratic nominee John Fetterman had yet to ramp up, and that while Republican Mehmet Oz still has a hefty problem with his own favorables, that "it's not out of the question that this could move back [to Toss Up] as the election nears."Key Dates
Filing Deadline: TBD
Primary Election: TBD
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Pat Toomey
First Elected: 2010
Last General Election: 48.8%
Last Primary Election: Unopposed
Full Bio:
TOOMEY, Patrick Joseph, a Senator and a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 17, 1961; graduated from LaSalle Academy, Providence, R.I.; graduated Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., B.A., 1984; elected to Allentown, Pa., Government Study Commission 1994; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2005); was not a candidate for reelection in 2004, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010; reelected in 2016 for the term ending January 3, 2023.
Source: Bioguide
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STATE DATA
Pennsylvania
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
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Past Presidential Results from this State
2020 Election Results
Source: The Cook Political Report
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2016 Election Results
Source: The Cook Political Report/POLIDATA
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RACE ANALYSIS
Race Analysis
Updated: Oct 4, 2022
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