| Celebrated Name: | Rick Santorum |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Richard John Santorum |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 66 years old |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Winchester, Virginia, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.93 m |
| Weight: | 92 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Karen Garver (m.1990) |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (Elizabeth, Isabella, Daniel, Gabriel, Patrick, Peter, John) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Rick Santorum Gay? | No |
| Profession: | Politician and attorney |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $6 million |
| Last Updated: | October 2024 |
Richard John Santorum is a politician, political commentator, and attorney who originated from America. From 1995 to 2007, Richard served as a United States senator is a member of the Republican Party from Pennsylvania. He was also the third-ranking Republican senator from the year 2001 to 2007. Santorum has earned 11 primaries and caucuses wins and has received over 4 million votes and hence make himself the runner-up to eventual nominee Mitt Romney and consequently suspended his campaign in April 2012.
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Early Life & Biography
Rick Santorum was born to Aldo Santorum, who was a clinical psychologist and to Catherine Santorum, who was an administrative nurse. Santorum was being born and raised from Winchester, Virginia. Later his family moved to Berkeley County, West Virginia. There they were provided an apartment to live by the Veterans Administration. Santorum’s childhood nickname was “Rooster.”
His parents gave him this name because of his assertive nature. He attended Butler Catholic School and later attended Butler Senior High School. He completed his graduation from Carmel High School in Mundelein, Illinois, in 1976. Afterward, for undergraduate studies, Santorum attended Pennsylvania State University. Graduating with a B.A. degree with honors in political science, he served as chairman of the university’s College Republicans in the year 1980.
Santorum joined the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity while residing at Penn State. He has also earned an M.B.A. degree by graduating from Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business in 1981. In 1986, from Dickinson School of Law, Santorum had also received a J.D. degree with honors.
Personal Life
Santorum met his future wife and was in along term relationship with Karen Garver, while she was studying law at the University of Pittsburgh. He was doing internships for Kirkpatrick & Lockhart. In 1990, the long term couple got married and had seven-eight children together, out of which one died. Hence they have seven living children. After two weeks of pregnancy, Santorum’s son was born prematurely and died in the hospital just after two hours of birth in 1996. Santorum is a baseball lover and use to play baseball in his free time.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 10 May 1958, Rick Santorum is 66 years old as of today’s date 31st October 2024. His height is 1.93 m tall, and his weight is 92 kg.
Career
In 1994, from Pennsylvania, Santorum was elected to the United States Senate. Santorum has lost his 2006 reelection bid. Until that, he has served two terms. During his Senate tenure, Santorum was a social conservative who was against abortion and opposed same-sex marriage. Santorum authored the Santorum Amendment, during serving as a senator.
In the 2003 Partial-Birt Abortion ban act., he was the leading sponsor. Santorum started working as a consultant, news contributor, and private practice lawyer from his following years of departure from the Senate. In the 2012 U.S. presidential election, he stood for the Republican nomination.
Santorum has earned 11 primaries and caucuses wins and has received over 4 million votes and hence make himself the runner-up to eventual nominee Mitt Romney and consequently suspended his campaign in April 2012. Santorum again earned the place of the president in 2016, and still, the battle ended in February 2016 after poor results.
Awards & Achievements
Rick Santorum has not won any awards for his work during his career life. But his assertive nature, he has won millions of hearts as a president. From 1995 to 2007, Richard served as a United States senator is a member of the Republican Party from Pennsylvania. In 2012, Santorum finished second to Mitt Romney and hence ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Net Worth & Salary of Rick Santorum in 2024
Famous American politician and attorney, Rick Santorum have a handsome net worth of $6 million as of October 2024. He has earned this fortune through hard work and dedication towards his professional life. He earned this amount after serving as a politician in the United States for several years.
Rick Santorum is an American politician, political commentator, and attorney. He was the third-ranking Republican senator from the year 2001 to 2007. Santorum’s childhood nickname was “Rooster.” His parents gave him this name because of his assertive nature. There they were provided an apartment to live by the Veterans Administration. In 2012, Santorum finished second to Mitt Romney and hence ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. By January 2017, he became a senior CNN political commentator.