Rick Santorum

About Rick Santorum

Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007. In 2012, he ran for the Republican presidential nomination. He's known for his strong conservative family beliefs and love of sweater vests.

Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007. Santorum ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, finishing second to Mitt Romney. In January 2017, he became a CNN senior political commentator. Santorum was elected to the United States Senate from Pennsylvania in 1994. He served two terms until losing his 2006 reelection bid. A Roman Catholic, Santorum is a social conservative who opposes abortion and same-sex marriage and embraced a cultural warrior image during his Senate tenure. While serving as a senator, Santorum authored the Santorum Amendment, which would have promoted the teaching of intelligent design. He was a leading sponsor of the 2003 federal law known as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Education	Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BA), University of Pittsburgh (MBA), Dickinson School of Law (JD)
Political party	Republican
Preceded by	Connie Mack III
Succeeded by	Jon Kyl
Children	8
Born	Richard John Santorum, May 10, 1958, Winchester, Virginia, U.S.

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Trivia

He was an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, which prompted gay rights activist Dan Savage to redefine the senator's last name into an unprintable definition.

Rick Santorum before fame

In his first political election for the House of Representatives, he was a dark horse candidate who astonished everyone by winning.

Achievement of Rick Santorum

He was a vocal opponent of gay marriage, prompting gay rights activist Dan Savage to rename the senator's surname to something unprintable.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$5 Million

Rick Santorum family life

With Karen Garver, whom he married in 1990, he had seven children.

Associations of Rick Santorum

In January of 2012, he and his family appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight, a late-night chat show hosted by Piers Morgan.

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