Reports say that US Congressman Conor Lamb is expected to announce his candidacy for the US Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Pat Toomey at a kick-off event being held on Friday August 6, 2021.

Lamb who is expected to make his announcement next Friday at the IBEW Union Hall on the South Side will join Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, and Philadelphia state representative Malcolm Kenyatta, among others, in seeking next spring’s Democratic nomination to replace Republican Senator Pat Toomey.