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Pat Toomey, vero nome Patrick Joseph Toomey (Providence, 17 novembre 1961), è un imprenditore e politico statunitense, senatore per lo stato della Pennsylvania dal 2011 al 2023 e in precedenza, dal 1999 al 2005, membro per tre mandati della Camera dei Rappresentanti per lo stesso stato.
Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (/ ˈ t uː m iː / 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 ...
8 mag 2024 · Pat Toomey (born November 17, 1961, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and represented Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2005).
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One of four children of a U.S. Air Force officer, Toomay was born in California and lived various locations, including Hawaii, upstate New York, and northern Virginia. He attended Thomas Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was an all-state player in football, basketball, and baseball, graduating in 1966. In football, he received hi...
Dallas Cowboys
Toomay was selected in the sixth round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys, the 153rd overall pick. At the beginning of his career, he was an undersized defensive end, used mostly in substitution situations. In his third season in 1972, with the imminent retirement of George Andrie, Toomay became the starter at right defensive end, although he was limited with a broken hand. The NFL didn't start recognizing quarterback sacks as an official statistic until 1982; however, the Cowboys ha...
Buffalo Bills
On July 19, 1975, after playing out his option in Dallas, Toomay was a free agent and signed with the Buffalo Bills. Dallas received a second round draft choice in 1977, that was eventually used in a deal package to draft running back Tony Dorsett. Toomay was the Bills' defensive MVP in 1975, but was involved in different controversial official calls, including being called for elbowing head lineman Jerry Bergman, which contributed to a loss against the Miami Dolphins(31–21), that ended Buffa...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him from the Bills roster in the 1976 NFL expansion draft and he was the starter at right defensive end for their winless inaugural season (0–14), and he registered 49 tackles and 3 sacks. In a "worst to first" deal, the Bucs traded him to the reigning Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders in July 1977, in exchange for a draft choice.
Toomay published a series of books, including the novel, On Any Given Sunday. He also played the part of an assistant coach to Y. A. Tittle in the 1999 Oliver Stone film, Any Given Sunday. His father John (1922–2008) was 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), played professional basketball in the late 1940s, and was a two-star general in the U.S. Air Force.
The Crunch at Amazon.comOn Any Given Sunday at Amazon.comClotheslined at Amazon.comFirst Cut at Amazon.comPat Toomey, a Republican former Congressman representing the Lehigh Valley-based 15th congressional district, had previously challenged incumbent Arlen Specter in the Republican primary of the 2004 Senate race, in which the conservative Toomey tried to portray Specter as too liberal.
Fetterman succeeded incumbent Republican senator Pat Toomey, who did not seek re-election after two terms. This was the only U.S. Senate seat to flip parties in the 2022 midterms. In the May 17 primary, Fetterman won the Democratic nomination with 59% of the vote.
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey (Providence, 17 novembre 1961) è un imprenditore e politico statunitense, senatore per lo stato della Pennsylvania dal 2011 al 2023 [1] e in precedenza, dal 1999 al 2005, membro per tre mandati della Camera dei Rappresentanti per lo stesso stato.
