Rick Santorum

Learn more about Rick Santorum and follow the GOP / Republican candidate and politician. Santorum represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives (1991-1995) and the U.S. Senate (1995-2007). In October 2003, he signed the United States' largest national health care overhaul bill into law. He was also a recipient of the 2000 Republican National Convention Chairmanship. He also served as an advocate for abortion rights during his unsuccessful run for the House of Representatives from 1998 to 1996. In January 2016, he resigned from his elected positions to seek another term as Pennsylvania's...

• Leader: Trent Lott Bill Frist
• Preceded by: Doug Walgren
• Succeeded by: Mike Doyle
• Born: Richard John Santorum (1958-05-10) May 10, 1958 (age 62) Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
• Political party: Republican
• Spouse(s): Karen Garver ​ (m. 1990) ​
• Children: 8
• Education: Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MBA) Dickinson School of Law (JD)
• Website: Official website