Legistorm: Transparency's Sidekick

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Birthday: 05/10/1958

Religion: Roman Catholic

SANTORUM, Richard John (Rick), a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born inWinchester, Frederick County, Va., May 10, 1958; B.A., Pennsylvania StateUniversity 1980; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh 1981; J.D., Dickinson Schoolof Law (Pa.) 1986; administrative assistant to Pennsylvania State Senator J.Doyle Corman 1981-1986; director, Pennsylvania State senate local governmentcommittee 1981-1984; director, Pennsylvania State Senate TransportationCommittee 1984-1986; admitted to the bar in 1986 and commenced practice inPittsburgh; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Second and One HundredThird Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1995); was not a candidate forreelection to the House of Representatives in 1994, but was elected to theUnited States Senate in 1994 and reelected in 2000 for the term ending January3, 2007; Republican Conference chairman (2001-2007); unsuccessful candidate forreelection in 2006.