June 6-Announces
candidacy in Somerset, PA. |
Jan. 20-On Inauguration Day, Santorum will be 53 years, 8
months old. |
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Re-elected to the U.S. Senate defeating Rep. Ron
Klink (D) by 52.4% to 45.5%. Elected Senate Republican Conf.
Chairman. |
Nov. 5-Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 passed by both Houses of Congress and signed into law by President Bush. | Endorses incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter over former Rep. Pat
Toomey in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. |
Author of It Takes a
Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. |
Defeated 58.6%-41.3% in re-election bid by State Auditor
General Bob Casey, Jr.
(D). |
Joins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. Establishes Program to Protect America's Freedom at EPPC. |
Youngest child born "Bella." |
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Elected to Congress from PA-18 at age 32, defeating
7-term incumbent Rep. Doug Walgren (D). Marries Karen Garver. |
In Congress, Santorum is part of the Gang of Seven. First of seven children born-daughter Elizabeth Ann. |
Re-elected. |
Elected to the U.S. Senate defeating incumbent Sen. Harris
Wofford (D). |
Son Gabriel born prematurely and dies. |
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B.A. in political science from Penn State University. |
M.B.A. from University of Pittsburgh. |
Administrative assistant to Penn. State Sen. J. Doyle Corman, 1981-86. | J.D. from Dickinson School of Law. Attorney at Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, 1986-90. |
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Graduates from Carmel High School in Mundelein, IL. |
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Born May 10, 1958 in Winchester, VA. |
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© 2011 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |