{"id":501154,"date":"2021-05-12T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=501154"},"modified":"2021-05-12T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:05:14","slug":"republican-sean-parnell-army-veteran-and-former-congressional-candidate-announces-run-for-u-s-senate-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-sean-parnell-army-veteran-and-former-congressional-candidate-announces-run-for-u-s-senate-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Sean Parnell, Army Veteran And Former Congressional Candidate, Announces Run For U.S. Senate In Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-sean-parnell-army-veteran-and-former-congressional-candidate-announces-run-for-u-s-senate-in-pennsylvania%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=501154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1268369030-e1620850941854.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After narrowly losing a congressional race in November 2020, Republican Sean Parnell announced on Tuesday that he is throwing his hat back into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>A Pittsburgh native and former Army Captain who was wounded while fighting in Afghanistan, Parnell officially launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania currently held by incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is retiring in 2022 after two terms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.989010989011\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s official: I\u2019m running for Senate here in Pennsylvania to take back the majority and stand up for America. If you believe the greatness of America is worth fighting for, join the Platoon &#038; donate today! Together we will save the American experiment ???????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5HqLd8RYM\">https:\/\/t.co\/p5HqLd8RYM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tWkEgyWxHp\">pic.twitter.com\/tWkEgyWxHp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanParnellUSA\/status\/1392288792837509127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs Infantry Captain, I fought to defend this country from those that would do us harm. In the U.S. Senate, I\u2019ll fight to ensure all of our little ones have the right to live their version of the American Dream. I\u2019ve led some of America\u2019s finest warriors in battle, and I\u2019m ready to bring that leadership to Washington,\u201d Parnell <a href=\"https:\/\/parnellforsenate.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on his campaign website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the fight for freedom is not on a battlefield overseas. Now the fight to preserve the fundamental things that make us Americans will be won or lost here at home \u2026 Will we cherish our freedoms? Or will we submit to a government that tells us how to live, what to drive, who to worship, and what to think,\u201d the purple heart and bronze star recipient added in his campaign launch ad.<\/p>\n<p>A political novice when he announced his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/01\/sean-parnell-halloween-night-vandalism-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 campaign<\/a> for Pennsylvania\u2019s 17th Congressional district, Parnell attracted significant media attention, received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, and went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/24\/sean-parnell-reaches-across-aisle-disillusioned-democrats-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speak<\/a>\u00a0at the 2020 Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>He ultimately failed to unseat incumbent Democrat Rep. Conor Lamb, <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Pennsylvania%27s_17th_Congressional_District_election,_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">losing by just over two points<\/a>\u00a0in a suburban swing district in Allegheny County. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/10\/jake-tapper-sean-parnell-run-safer-district-challenge-democrat-conor-lamb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Jake Tapper Reportedly Encouraged Sean Parnell To Run In \u2018Safer\u2019 District Rather Than Challenge Democrat Conor Lamb)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight other Republican candidates<\/a> have been officially registered in the 2022 election, according to Ballotpedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After narrowly losing a congressional race in November 2020, Republican Sean Parnell announced on Tuesday that he is throwing his hat back into the ring.A Pittsburgh native and former Army &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277974,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1268369030-e1620850941854.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republican Sean Parnell, Army Veteran And Former Congressional Candidate, Announces Run For U.S. Senate In Pennsylvania","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1268369030-e1620850941854.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republican Sean Parnell, Army Veteran And Former Congressional Candidate, Announces Run For U.S. Senate In Pennsylvania","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}