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Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2016
Campaign Republican primaries
U.S. presidential election, 2016
Candidate Rick Santorum
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
(1995–2007)
Affiliation Republican Party
Status Announced: May 27, 2015
Headquarters P.O. Box 238
Verona, Pennsylvania
Slogan Restore the American Dream for hardworking families
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Rick Santorum was his second time running for President of the United States. He is a former U.S. Senator who represented Pennsylvania. His campaign officially started at a public event in Pittsburgh on May 27, 2015.

What is a Presidential Campaign?

A presidential campaign is when a person tries to become the President of the United States. To do this, they first need to win their political party's nomination. Rick Santorum was seeking the Republican Party's nomination in 2016.

Santorum's Background in Politics

This was not Rick Santorum's first attempt to become president. He also ran for the office in 2012. In that election, he did very well, coming in second place for the Republican nomination. He earned many delegates, which are like votes from different states, after Mitt Romney, who eventually became the Republican nominee that year.

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