And by the way I don't object if people want to attack me, that's their right. All I'm suggesting that it's not going to be very effective and that people are going to get sick of it very fast. And the guys who attacked each other in the debates up to now, every single one of them have lost ground by attacking.

" Gingrich has stated that he has developed a greater appreciation for the role of faith in public life following his conversion and believes that the United States has become too secular. Gingrich defeated Democratic State Senator Virginia Shapard by 7500 votes. In April 2012 the Center for Health Transformation filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy planning to liquidate its assets to meet debts of $1–$10 million.

A co-author and architect of the "Contract with America" Gingrich was a major leader in the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional election. He has two children from his first marriage and has been married to Callista (Bisek) Gingrich since 2000. Gingrich was a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.