Patrick J. Toomey

Patrick J. Toomey REPRepublican

American businessman and politician (born 1961)

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Patrick J. ToomeyREPRepublican American businessman and politician (born 1961)
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Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (TOO-mee; born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, from 1999 to 2005. Of mixed Irish Catholic and Azorean descent, Toomey graduated from Harvard College. A former Wall Street banker, Toomey narrowly lost the Republican primary for United States Senate in 2004. From 2005 to 2009, he served as president of the Club for Growth. Toomey won the Republican primary for the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, and was elected to the seat after defeating the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Navy three-star admiral and congressman Joe Sestak, in the general election. He was reelected to the Senate in 2016, defeating Democratic nominee Katie McGinty.On October 5, 2020, Toomey announced that he would not run for reelection to a third Senate term in 2022. On February 13, 2021, Toomey was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Donald Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial. After leaving office, Toomey joined the board of Apollo Global Management.

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Campaign Funding

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$30,638,133
Total Raised
$31,482,975
Total Spent
$1,224,884
Cash on Hand
Financial Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Education4 - 4 of 2
Harvard College
Bachelor of Arts
1984
La Salle Academy, Providence
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Senator
United States Senate, Pennsylvania
2011 - 2023
Representative
United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania
1999 - 2004
Former Employee
Chemical Bank
Former Employee
Morgan Grenfell
Former Financial Consultant
Hong Kong
Co-Owner
Rookie's Restaurant Business
Other Experience1 - 11 of 11
Member
Allentown's Government Study Commission
1994
Former Co-Chair
Board of Directors, Team Capital Bank
Former President
Club for Growth
Former Chair
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, United States Senate
Former Chair
Subcommittee on Health Care, United States Senate
Former Member
Economic Policy Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member
Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member
Republican Policy Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, United States Senate
Former Member
Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, United States Senate
Former Member
Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations & Related Programs, United States Senate