Pat Toomey

In 2009, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter switched to the Democratic Party.

He anticipated he could not win the 2010 Republican primary against conservative challenger Pat Toomey, so instead he lost the Democratic primary to Congressman Joe Sestak, despite having the backing of the establishment, including President Obama and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.

And that's how Arlen Specter's 30-year career ended in a concession speech.

From May 2010, here's Senator Arlen Specter.

We love you.

[clapping]

And Democrat Joe Sestak went on to lose the general election to Republican Pat Toomey.

Meantime, Virginia.

She's gonna win, but Rachel Anderson, if you're listening, I'll gladly have you as my guest to fulfill any equal time obligation you feel is incumbent on it.

But Senator Capito, I can't imagine West Virginians are unhappy with you.

You are the hardest-working, the equal of any hardest-working senator.

[clears throat]

Uh, how's the campaign going?

So, no, these are great jobs, and they're critical to our national security.

When we get down to the short strokes on appropriation, how much is done off camera with your Democratic colleagues? I think you've got the reputation, as does Senator Collins, of working well across the aisle.

How much is, you know, "Get staff, get out of the room, we're gonna make some decisions here between us senators"?

Final polling average favored the Democratic candidate, McGinty, by about two points.

Pat Toomey won by 1.4.

I just want to move ahead a little bit, and let's go to 2020.

That's Maine.

Um, you know, if we think about, you know, 1958 and the Senate class where you had 12 new senators come in and just upend everything.

We can think about the 2010 cycle where Mike Lee and Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and Pat Toomey come in, and that had a major effect on the, how the Senate operated as well.

I mean, you have, you think about the Watergate babies, right? And they come in, and that has a dramatic-

Sure.

In the Senate, Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska voted to convict Trump for inciting an insurrection.

Five Republican men did join them, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

It's important to note, however, that there were 42 male Republicans in the Senate compared with just eight female Republicans.

Thus, the men voting for conviction represented only 12% of the male Republican caucus, while the two women represented a quarter of its female members.

All right, here at Candlestick Park, the introductions of the players and the running down of the line.

Now first for the visiting Dallas Cowboys, at right end, number 67, Pat Toomey from Vanderbilt.

And the thing that we really weren't surprised about, Bob Lilly will start number 74 at the right tackle.

He's in his 12th year from TCU.

Along with Jethro Cue, makes the stop.

For the Dallas Cowboys...

For the Dallas Cowboys, Pat Toomey is at one of the defensive ends.

Bob Lilly and Jethro Cue are the tackles.