Toomey Won’t Run for Senate Re-Election, Inquirer Reports

(Bloomberg) -- Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has decided he won’t run for re-election in 2022, nor will he run for governor, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing sources it didn’t identify.

Toomey, a Republican who’s in his second term, is among the chamber’s most conservative members on government spending as well as a staunch free-trade advocate and critic of many of President Donald Trump’s trade policies. He also was the co-author of bipartisan legislation expanding background checks for firearms, which was filibustered by Republicans.

Steve Kelly, a Toomey spokesman, declined to comment on the report other than to confirm that Toomey planned to make an announcement Monday.

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