Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D) formally announced on Monday that he will seek the United States Senate seat in 2022.
Fetterman ran for what is expected to be one of the most competitive races in the country last week, but hesitated to ask if this was a formal announcement. The deputy governor raised more than $ 1 million after opening a campaign account in January.
“Talking is easy, but for the past 20 years, I’ve been working to represent, rebuild and promote these places,” said Fetterman, former mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, in a video announcing his run on Monday.
“It is not rural versus urban, it is rural and urban. I will fight not for a part of Pennsylvania, not for a party in Pennsylvania, but for a Pennsylvania. Just as I did as mayor, as I am doing as deputy governor and as I would do as your next United States senator, ”he added.
Thanks to the 37,000 grassroots donors who have expressed themselves.
Now, it’s my turn.
Let’s work https://t.co/6ZiSPrhnpS pic.twitter.com/rvjKE6z0Y3
– John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) February 8, 2021
In a tweet on Monday morning, Fetterman promised to “always be 100% free of sedition” as a senator, an apparent reference to a coalition of Republican senators who were opposed to ending President Biden’s Electoral College victory in January. Retirement from Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyThe government used the Patriot Act to collect records of website visitors in 2019 The appeals court ruled that mass collection of telephone data from the NSA is illegal. Dunford withdraws from consideration to chair the coronavirus supervisory panel MORE (R) was not among that group.
If you send me to the United States Senate, I will always be 100% free of sedition.
We, as a nation, crossed lines that I never thought we would – or even could.
My promise to you: to maintain central ideals like democracy + the peaceful transfer of sacred power, always.
– John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) February 8, 2021
Toomey announced in late 2020 that he would not seek a third term. In January, Sen. Rob Portman
Robert (Rob) Jones Portman’Purple America ‘will set the political direction in 2022 Sen. Shelby considering retirement: AP Harris gives the first tiebreaker votes as vice president MORE (R-Ohio) became the second Republican senator elected for the first time in 2010 to announce his retirement.
Fetterman lost the 2016 Democratic primaries to challenge Toomey to Kathleen McGinty, who lost 1.4 points in the general election. State Senator Sharif Street (D) said he would also seek the Democratic nomination in 2022, while deputies Chrissy Houlahan (D) and Conor Lamb (D) are also considering the proposals.