Santorum Drops Out of Race
April 11, 2012
Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign yesterday, ending his quest to become the Republican Party’s nominee in 2012. “We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting,” stated the former Pennsylvania senator at a press conference. An aid confirmed that he had called Mitt Romney earlier in the day to tell him of his decision.
Santorum’s move leaves Romney, the former of governor of Massachusetts, as the party’s nominee in all but name only. His remaining challengers, Newt Gingrich and Representative Ron Paul of Texas, have failed to pick enough convention delegates to be considered serious contenders.
Rick Santorum (U.S. Senate)
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