Melissa Sasse, Ben Sasse's Wife, Family And Net Worth - 5 Fast Facts

Mr.Ben Sasse was born on February 22, 1972. Ben completed his high school at Fremont Senior High School in 1990.

He was valedictorian of his class during high school. After high school, Ben graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in government.

In 1992, Sasse studied at the University of Oxford in a junior year abroad program. After six years, he earned a Master of Arts in liberal studies from  St. John's College.

The Mustard Seed Foundation selected Ben Sasse as a Harvey Fellow in 2000.

From Yale University, Sasse earned a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy in History.

Ben Sasse's doctoral dissertation won the Theron Rockwell Field and George Washington Egleston Prizes.

He worked as an associate consultant at the management consulting firm, and after one year, Sasse became executive director for Christians United For Reformation.

Ben Sasse announced his candidacy after Republican Mike Johanns was not seeking re-election.

He expressed strong opposition to the Affordable Care Act. He secured the Republican nomination with109,829 votes.

Ben won the general election defeating David Domina with 64.4% of the vote to Domina's 31.5%.

He was sworn in as a member of the U.S. Senate on January 6, 2015, as 114th Congress. From 2019 to 2017, he was in the 116th Congress.

Ben was one of 12 senators to cosponsor a resolution that would stop a constitutional amendment. Sasse was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.

During the 117th Congress, Ben Sassee cosponsored a bill for a constitutional amendment that would stop senators to two terms and representatives to three times.

In the 2020 presidential election, he voted to certify Arizona and Pennsylvania's electoral votes. He joined other Republican senators in voting to convict Trump in 2021.

According to the report, Ben Sasse was expected to resign and succeed Kent Fuchs as president of the University of Florida.

He delivered a commencement speech to his school friend where is attacked China over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ben Sasse has been a critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.

In 2016, he announced that he would not support President Trump and was the first senator to make such an announcement.

Sasse criticized Donald Trump, saying Trump was the wrong president of the United States to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his election win.

In 2019, he was one of 11 Republican senators to block Trump's intent to lift sanctions against three Russian Companies.

Again he has been criticized for lambasting Trump and voted to acquit Trump in his first impeachment trial.

Ben Sasse married Melissa in 1995, and they have three children: two daughters and one son.

Breck Sasse is the son and Elizabeth Sasse and Alexandra Sasse, two daughters of Ben And Melissa Sasse.

They are raised in Fremont, Nebraska, but sometimes travel to Washington, D.C., during Congress is in session.

Ben Sasse's Father's name is Gary Lynn Sasse, and his mother is Linda Sasse. His father is a high school teacher and football coach.

Gary Lynn coached the universities soccer group. His mother was a highly supportive partner of his father.

Ben's mother taught basic life guidelines as a gentleman and was pretty religious.

Ben's grandfather's name is Elmer Sasse. His grandfather worked for Midland for 33 years as vice president of finance.

Ben Sasse estimated net worth as of 2022 is around $8 million. He has worked in various roles since 1994.

He was the 15th President of Midland University. Ben also earns as an author by selling his books.

Social Media

Ben Sasse is active on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Ben joined Twitter on June 2013 and has 289.3K Followers on his Twitter account. He tweets about political issues on Twitter.

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1. Ben Sasse met his Wife on a Christian Mission trip in College, and they are the parents of three children.
2. Sasse served as the president of Midland University and was one of the youngest college presidents and a teacher at the University of Texas.
3. He was the assistant U.S. Secretary of Health and human services in the George W. Bush Administration.
4. Former President Donald Trump said Ben looks more like a gym rat than a U.S. Senator.
5. Ben worked at some of the significant capital firms in the country.