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Santorum adds name to list of 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls
Rick Santorum--File photo by Joseph Earnest
by Joseph Earnest May 27, 2015
Newscast Media WASHINGTON—Rick Santorum made a surprise announcement that he is launching a new presidential bid. The former senator scored an unlikely second-place finish in the 2012 race for the Republican nomination.
The 57-year-old has told supporters to stand by for a "special announcement" at a factory near his childhood home in Cabot, Pennsylvania, where workers will reportedly surround him - an apparent effort to show his blue-collar credentials.
Santorum who won 11 primaries, including the first, told Republicans in South Carolina in January, "I was the last person standing."
The prospective Republican field already includes four sitting senators, four governors, four former governors, business leaders and a retired neurosurgeon.
Upstart senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio have already declared. The Arkansas preacher-governor Mike Huckabee will run and could siphon Christian votes. And Republicans contuinue to wait with bated breath for announcements from union-busting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Jeb Bush - the former Florida governor whose father and brother have occupied the White House in the past quarter century. Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is also expected to make his announcement in early June.
The major names may keep Santorum from even debating. Fox News plans to limit participation in the network's August event to candidates in the top 10 of polls.
Santorum manages to insert his views into national dialogue when possible. He vocally opposes gay marriage, saying in April that he would not attend a same-sex wedding.
On the Democratic side, considerably fewer candidates have emerged to challenge the presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. Add Comments>>
Source: Deutsche Welle
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