Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator and runner-up for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, will run for president again in 2016. The Associated Press reports:
WASHINGTON (AP) – Spokesman: Republican former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is running for president.
— Dan Hirschhorn (@DanH_TIME) May 27, 2015
Santorum eked out a win in the 2012 Iowa caucuses over Mitt Romney, going on to win 10 more states’ primary contests that year before releasing his delegates to Romney just before the Republican National Convention.
A native son of Pennsylvania’s coal country, Santorum served two terms in the U.S. House and two in the Senate before losing reelection in 2006 to Democrat Bob Casey.
