Ben Sasse is an American politician who currently serves as the junior United States Senator for Nebraska since 2015. Sasse is a member of the Republican Party. He also has served as an assistant secretary in the US Department of Health and Human Services. He is the 15th and former president of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska.
He is active in the social media platform with around 280k followers on his Twitter account: @BenSasse and has around 11k followers on his Instagram account: @senatorsasse
Besides on October 13, 2020, Ben Sasse had a talk with NPR’s Noel King by sitting on the Senate Judiciary Committee about the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. At present, Sasse is very much busy for his upcoming 2020 US senator election in Nebraska which is going to be held on November 3, 2020.
What is Ben Sasse famous for?
- Famous as an American politician
- Known for the junior United States Senator for Nebraska
Where is Ben Sasse from?
Ben Sasse was born on February 22, 1972, in Plainview, Nebraska, United States. His birth name is Benjamin Eric Sasse. American is his nationality. His ethnicity is White while Pisces is his zodiac sign.
Sasse was born to Gary Lynn Sasse(father) and Linda Sasse(mother). His father was a high school teacher and a football coach. His grandfather, Elmer Sasse worked as a vice president of finance for Midland University for 33 years.
He was raised in his hometown, Nebraska as a Lutheran and baptized in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He did his schooling at Fremont Senior High School and got graduated in 1990. Later, he attended Harvard University and got graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in government.
Then, he studied at Oxford University during the fall of 1992 on a junior year abroad program. He received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studied from St. John’s College. He has also obtained a Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy, and Ph.D. degrees in history from Yale University. His submitted dictatorial dissertation “The Anti-Madalyn Majority: Secular Left” also won the Theron Rockwell Field.
Ben Sasse Career: Highlights
- Ben Sasse started his professional career in 1994 by working as an associate consultant at the management consultant firm “Boston Consulting Group”.
- He worked as a consultant until November 1995.
- Then, he served as executive director for Christians United For Reformation(CURE).
- After CURE merged with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals(ACE), he became the executive director of ACE.
- He started working as a chief of staff for the US Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy in Washington D.C in January 2004.
- He also worked as a part-time professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
- In January 2005, he left the Department of Justice and began serving as chief of staff to Representative Jeff Fortenberry.
- He left his job in July 2005 and went on to become a counselor to the secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services(HHS).
- Sasse got selected for the post of assistant secretary in the HHS.
- He worked in the department until January 2009.
- In October 2009, he officially joined the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs.
- He got recognition after he got announced as the 15th President of Midland University in October 2009.
- He became one of the youngest college presidents in the nation at the time.
- On December 31, 2014, he resigned from his post as president at Midland University.
- He joined the Republican Party in 2013.
- In October 2013, he announced that he will be a candidate for the 2014 United States Senate election in Nebraska.
- Sasse rose to fame after he won the general election for the US Senate on November 4, 2014, with 64.4 votes.
- He also was one of sixteen senators to vote against legislation preventing a partial government shutdown in February 2019.
- As of now, he is busy competing for the 2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska which is going to be held on November 3, 2020.
- The other competitors for the post are Democrats Chris Janicek and Preston Love Jr.
- On October 13, 2020, NPR’s Noel King and Sasse had a talk on the Senate Judiciary Committee about the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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Ben Sasse Wife
Ben Sasse is a married man. He is married to his only wife, Melissa Sasse. The couple is blessed with three children. Their children are being homeschooled. Sasse and his family are living a happy life in Fremont, Nebraska.
Furthermore, Sasse is an author. He has written “The Vanishing American Adult”. His other book “Them: Why We Hate Each Other” was published in 2018 made him the New York Times Bestselling author in October 2018.
Sasse came into conflict with the present and 45th US president, Donald Trump when he referred to Trump’s executive order authorizing stimulus after Congress failed to agree on a second COVID-19 relief package as “unconstitutional slop”.
Trump responded by calling Sasse a RINO (Republican In Name Only) and further stating that Sasse had “gone rogue”. Previously, Trump tweeted about him saying that he “looks more like a gym rat than a U.S Senator.
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Ben Sasse Net Worth
Ben Sasse has earned a good amount of money from his profession as a politician, professor, and author. Having started his career in 1994, Sasse has achieved great success throughout his career. With all of his earnings, Sasse has managed to accumulate a net worth of $6 million. At present, he is living a luxurious lifestyle with his earnings.
Ben Sasse Height
Ben Sasse is a good looking man in his late 40s. He has a fair complexion with brown hair and a pair of brown eyes. He stands at a height of 5ft 10 inches and has a bodyweight of 61kg.
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