Rick Santorum
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| Chair of the Senate Republican Conference | |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Connie Mack III |
| Succeeded by | Jon Kyl |
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United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Harris Wofford |
| Succeeded by | Bob Casey, Jr. |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th district |
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In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Doug Walgren |
| Succeeded by | Michael F. Doyle |
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Richard John Santorum May 10, 1958 Winchester, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Garver (1990–present) |
| Children | 8 |
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Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MBA) Dickinson School of Law (JD) |
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| Website | Official website |
Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1995–2007) and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican (2001–07). He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to the eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney. In January 2017, he became a CNN political commentator.
Santorum was elected as a United States Senator for Pennsylvania in 1994. He served two terms until losing his re-election bid in 2006. A devout, practicing Catholic, Santorum is a social conservative who opposes same-sex marriage and artificial birth control. While serving as a senator, Santorum was the author of what came to be known as the Santorum Amendment, which promoted the teaching of intelligent design. In 2005, Santorum introduced the Workplace Religious Freedom Act along with Senator John Kerry.
In the years following his departure from the Senate, Santorum worked as a consultant, private-practice lawyer, and news contributor. On June 6, 2011, Santorum announced his run for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Upon announcing his campaign suspension on April 10, 2012, he had won 11 primaries and caucuses and received nearly 4 million votes, making him the runner-up to eventual nominee Mitt Romney. Santorum officially endorsed Romney on May 7, 2012. On May 27, 2015, Santorum announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election. He ended his campaign on February 3, 2016.
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