(AP) — Freshman U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is the rare conservative Republican who is running for re-election with the support of leading gun-control groups, but it may not be enough to save him in Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania in this unusual election year. Toomey, who also has separated himself from most of his GOP Senate colleagues by refusing to endorse Donald Trump, is facing questions from skeptical Republicans over his votes to expand background checks and prevent gun purchases by suspected terrorists as he campaigns in a state where Hillary Clinton leads Trump in polls by 10 points in the presidential race. Toomey's gamble — separating himself from his party and Trump — is drawing help from unlikely quarters for a Republican once endorsed by the National Rifle Association. On the campaign trail, Toomey says he doesn't see a conflict between the right to own a gun and "a three-minute background check," but also points to his 2010 NRA endorsement and his support for gun-rights causes. "Katie McGinty and the Democrats are attacking me all the time for all the votes I have cast consistently to make sure we don't allow the Democrats to deny law-abiding citizens their Second Amendment rights," Toomey told Myers. If McGinty wins, she will be less powerful as a first-term senator than a second-term Toomey, and it will put the Republican Party on notice that candidates cannot cross gun-rights activists and win, founder David Dalton said.
Toomey Crosses Gun-rights Divide In Pennsylvania Senate Race
By MARC LEVY, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Sat, 08/27/2016 - 8:55am
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