Pennsylvania Candidates Line Up to Replace Sen. Toomey

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) leaves the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 30, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is not seeking reelection and a wide field of candidates want to fill that seat. Already, candidates are spending campaign money on billboards, radio, and television advertising and that is going to intensify. Most will spend well over $174,000, the annual salary of a U.S. senator.

These months, now until the May 17 Pennsylvania primary, are a short window for candidates to introduce themselves to the public, lay out their platforms, and convince their party to put them on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election.