Ben Sasse
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United States Senator from Nebraska |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with Deb Fischer |
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| Preceded by | Mike Johanns |
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Benjamin Eric Sasse February 22, 1972 Plainview, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Harvard University (BA) St. John's College, Maryland (MA) Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Benjamin Eric "Ben" Sasse (pronunciation: /ˈsæs/ SASS; born February 22, 1972) is an American politician. Sasse, a member of the Republican Party, is the junior United States Senator from the state of Nebraska.
Sasse earned a doctorate in history from Yale University. He taught at the University of Texas, and served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2010, he was named president of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska.
In 2014, he was elected to fill the U.S Senate seat being vacated by Mike Johanns, defeating Democratic Party candidate David Domina by a margin of 65% to 31%.
A fifth-generation Nebraskan, Sasse was born on February 22, 1972, in Plainview, Nebraska, the son of Linda K. (Dunklau) and Gary Lynn Sasse. He graduated from Fremont Senior High School, Fremont, Nebraska in 1990, where he was valedictorian.
Sasse graduated from Harvard University in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in government. He also studied at the University of Oxford during the fall of 1992 on a junior year abroad program. He graduated from St. John’s College in 1998 with a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and from Yale University with a Master of Arts degree (M.A.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), all from the Department of History, in 2004. Sasse's dissertation, The Anti-Madalyn Majority: Secular Left, Religious Right, and the Rise of Reagan's America won the Theron Rockwell Field (best dissertation) and the George Washington Egleston (American history) Prizes.
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