2012 Candidate for President of the United States
(Also Ran)
Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania and was Chairman of the Senate Republican
Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate.
Santorum is considered a strong social and fiscal conservative, often sparking controversy with his stances (for example, he attempted to insert the "Santorum
Amendment" into the No Child Left Behind Act, an amendment which would have promoted the teaching of intelligent design while questioning the academic
standing of evolution in US public schools).
Santorum was defeated 59% to 41% in the 2006 US Senate election by Democratic candidate Bob Casey, Jr., the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent
Senator since 1980. After losing his re-election bid, Santorum joined the law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in March 2007 and served as a Senior Fellow with the Ethics
and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC. He was also a contributor to the Fox News Channel while considering a 2012 Presidential run.
In early June 2011, Santorum announced on Good Morning America that "We're in it to win" regarding the 2012 Presidential race.
Sources: abcnews.com, wikipedia.org
