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<div>Samuel E. "Sam" Rohrer (born August 11, 1955) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party</a>, he served as a member of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a> from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives,District_128" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 128" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">128th District</a>.Before entering politics, Rohrer managed a radio station and worked in marketing for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graco(baby_products)" title="Graco (baby products)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Graco</a>. In 2010, he ran for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Governor</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pennsylvania</a>, losing in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election" title="Primary election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">primary election</a>to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Corbett</a>. Rohrer ran for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate</a> in 2012 to challenge incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic</a> incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Casey,Jr." title="Bob Casey, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bob Casey, Jr.</a>, but was defeated in the primary by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Smith(Pennsylvania)" title="Tom Smith (Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Smith</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senateloss-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> He is currently president of the Pennsylvania Pastors' Network, a branch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Freedom_Ring,Inc." title="Let Freedom Ring, Inc." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Let Freedom Ring, Inc.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-ppn1-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_radio_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Early life, education, and radio career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.2 Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3 Committee assignments</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#2010_gubernatorial_campaign" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 2010 gubernatorial campaign</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Between_campaigns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Between campaigns</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#2012_U.S.Senate_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 2012 U.S. Senate election</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life, education, and radio career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and radio career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Rohrer was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover,Ohio" title="Dover, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dover, Ohio</a>, and is an alumnus of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarawas_Valley_High_School" title="Tuscarawas Valley High School" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tuscarawas Valley High School</a>. After earning a degree in Business Administration from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University" title="Bob Jones University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bob Jones University</a> in 1977, he managed a radio station for several years before becoming director of marketing for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graco(baby_products)" title="Graco (baby products)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Graco</a>, based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elverson,Pennsylvania" title="Elverson, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Elverson, Pennsylvania</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-Background-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pennsylvania House of Representatives<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Pennsylvania House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Rohrer was elected to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">State House</a> in November 1992, succeeding retiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J.Gallen" title="James J. Gallen" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jim Gallen</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-Gallen-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> He typically won re-election with over 60% of the vote. However, he faced difficult contests in his last two elections. In 2006, he defeated Democrat Russell Hummel 55%-45%.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> In 2008, he defeated Democrat John Woodward 52%-48%.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tenure<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>He introduced legislation that would eliminate school <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">property taxes</a> in Pennsylvania.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-PropertyTax-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[8]</a> He was a strong opponent of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act" title="REAL ID Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">REAL ID Act</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-REALid-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[9]</a> He authored the historic Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) scholarship. Today over 150,000 students have earned the scholarship to go to private schools.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">House Finance Committee (Chairman)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-FinanceChair-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (Chairman)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">House Game and Fisheries Committee</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">House Appropriations Committee<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2010 gubernatorial campaign<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 gubernatorial campaign" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election,2010" title="Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2010</a></div>In November 2009, Rohrer announced that he would not seek re-election to the State House, and would instead seek the Republican nomination for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Governor of Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">governor</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-GuvAnnouncement-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> His campaign team, which was headed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Coleman" title="Jeff Coleman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Jeff Coleman</a>, a former colleague of Rohrer's in the State House, received praise for its innovative and effective use of technology, including social media.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-GovRaceSummary-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a> Rohrer's primary opponent, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Attorney_General" title="Pennsylvania Attorney General" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">State Attorney General</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett" title="Tom Corbett" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Tom Corbett</a>, was endorsed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_State_Committee_of_Pennsylvania" title="Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania</a> on February 13, 2010, but that endorsement also generated support for Rohrer from members of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Tea Party movement</a>. Rohrer and his supporters organized a day-long rally entitled "Mobilize for Liberty", which included seminars and a speech from Rohrer, that took place down the hall from the main ballroom in which the State Committee was announcing its endorsement of Corbett.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-Mobilize-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> Following its endorsement of Corbett, the State Committee sent-out mailers attacking Rohrer's vote in favor of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Pennsylvania_General_Assembly_pay_raise_controversy" title="2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2005 legislative pay raise</a>, as well as his 2001 vote in favor of a plan to increase lawmaker pensions by upwards of 50 percent.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-GovRaceSummary-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>Ultimately, Corbett defeated Rohrer 69%-31%.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-PrimaryResults-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a> Rohrer only won two counties in the state: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_County,Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lancaster County</a> (52%) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berks_County,Pennsylvania" title="Berks County, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Berks County</a> (80%). He nearly won <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_County,Pennsylvania" title="Clinton County, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Clinton</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_County,Pennsylvania" title="Lycoming County, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lycoming Counties</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> During the following summer, supporters initiated a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-in" title="Write-in" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">write-in</a> campaign for the November election. Rohrer did not endorse nor denounce the ultimately unsuccessful campaign.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-Write-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Between campaigns<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Between campaigns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>In February 2011 Rohrer became Pennsylvania state director for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Americans for Prosperity</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-AFPwelcome-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[18]</a> Rohrer resigned from the position in November, in preparation for a run for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States Senate</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senate2-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2012 U.S. Senate election<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012 U.S. Senate election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,2012" title="United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012</a></div>On Friday, November 4, 2011, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Coleman" title="Jeff Coleman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeff Coleman</a>, who again signed-on to advise Rohrer's campaign, told the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Associated Press</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senaterace1-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> that Rohrer was considering a run for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate</a> seat currently held by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democrat</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Casey_Jr." title="Bob Casey Jr." class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bob Casey Jr.</a>, and would likely officially announce his candidacy later in the month.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senaterace1-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> Rohrer officially announced his candidacy at rally near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</a> on November 21.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senateannouncement-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a> He also released a web video announcing his entrance to the race.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-webvideo-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a>A poll taken shortly after his entrance into the race found Rohrer ahead of the rest of the primary field, besting his closest competitor by ten percentage points.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-firstpoll-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-firstpoll2-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> In a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Tribune_Review" title="Pittsburgh Tribune Review" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pittsburgh Tribune Review</a>/WPXI-TV poll taken February 2–6, 2012, Rohrer continued to lead his opponents, albeit by a slighter margin; businessman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Smith(Pennsylvania)" title="Tom Smith (Pennsylvania)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Smith</a> had the support of 8% of those polled to Rohrer's 10%.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a> A later poll conducted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%26_Marshall_College" title="Franklin & Marshall College" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Franklin & Marshall College</a> on March 20–25 placed Rohrer slightly behind Smith, with 7% and 9% support, respectively, with 81% of those surveyed remaining undecided.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a>Rohrer was endorsed by former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,2012" title="United States presidential election, 2012" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2012 Presidential candidates</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Michele Bachmann</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Herman Cain</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[27]</a>Rohrer was defeated in the primary by fellow Republican Tom Smith on April 24, 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-senateloss-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Rohrer and his wife, Ruth Ann, have six children and five grandchildren.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-AFPwelcome-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> He currently serves as president of the Pennsylvania Pastors' Network, a branch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Freedom_Ring,_Inc." title="Let Freedom Ring, Inc." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Let Freedom Ring, Inc.</a> that informs clergy on issues pertaining to public policy.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-ppn1-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> On March 21, 2013 he was awarded "Alumnus of the Year" at the annual Bob Jones University Bible Conference.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rohrer#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[28]</a></div><div>==</div></div>