Conservative will challenge Specter: Toomey makes it official

From: Human Events | Date: March 3, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Conservative Rep. Pat Toomey (R.Pa.) will challenge liberal Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) in the GOP Senate primary next April

Toomey, who had limited himself to three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives when he first ran for his historically Democratic seat in 1998, announced his intention to run against Specter in an exclusive interview with HUMAN EVENTS last Wednesday.

The contest, he said, w ill be strictly one of philosophy. "He is a liberal and I am a conservative," said Toomey. "That's what this is all about."

Toomey attracted the attention of conservatives nationwide ...

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