Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum was born in Winchester, Virginia, the second of three children. In 1990, a 32-year-old Rick Santorum ran for political office for the first time as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district. He sought higher office, and won election to the United States Senate in 1994. He made an unsuccessful run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.