House Democrat Conor Lamb has decided to enter the 2022 Pennsylvania senate race.
Lamb, 37, announced his senatorial campaign on Friday. He has already won three House races in a conservative southwest Pennsylvania district. Lamb is hoping to fill the vacancy left by outgoing Sen. Pat Toomey, though he’ll have to navigate a competitive primary before going up against a Republican in a state that both parties believe can determine the majority.
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“I believe this is the most important Senate seat in the country. We have to build on our majority and tell the truth about what’s really going on in people’s lives,” the Marine and former prosecutor said in a video announcement.
Lamb also accused Republicans of “den[ying] reality” and of “worship[ping former President Donald] Trump,” whom he said, “knows how important Pennsylvania is.”
“I think the House campaigns that I’ve had — I ran three in a very short period of time that were very hard, that had Trump personally involved every time — and I think that has prepared me uniquely for this race,” Lamb said.
Our democracy was born in Pennsylvania.
I’m running for Senate because I believe Pennsylvania can save it. #PASen https://t.co/VxN3yT9WqI pic.twitter.com/q8Ib3trtHC
— Conor Lamb (@ConorLambPA) August 6, 2021
In the primary, Lamb will be running against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a progressive, Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta.
The GOP primary field includes former Army Ranger Sean Parnell, who lost to Lamb in a House race last year, real estate developer Jeff Bartos, and Carla Sands, who formerly served as ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration.
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With an evenly divided Senate, the Democrats are defending four vulnerable incumbents and are hoping to flip Republican-held seats in states that Biden won.
