Rick Santorum
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- 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the California Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates. - 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the New Jersey Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the South Dakota Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the California Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the New Jersey Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 6/5/2012
Santorum lost the South Dakota Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 5/29/2012
Santorum lost the Texas Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 12 delegates.
- 5/15/2012
Santorum lost the Nebraska Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 5/15/2012
Santorum lost the Oregon Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 2 delegates.
- 5/8/2012
Santorum lost the Indiana Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 5/8/2012
Santorum lost the North Carolina Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 6 delegates.
- 5/8/2012
Santorum lost the West Virginia Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/24/2012
Santorum lost the New York Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/24/2012
Santorum lost the Pennsylvania Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/24/2012
Santorum lost the Connecticut Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/24/2012
Santorum lost the Delaware Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/24/2012
Santorum lost the Rhode Island Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/10/2012
Santorum dropped out of the election for President of the United States on April 10, 2012, in the Nov. 6, 2012, election.
- 4/3/2012
Santorum lost the Maryland Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 4/3/2012
Santorum lost the Wisconsin Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 9 delegates.
- 3/24/2012
Santorum won the Louisiana Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 10 delegates. - 3/20/2012
Santorum lost the Illinois Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 10 delegates.
- 3/13/2012
Santorum won the Alabama Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 23 delegates.
- 3/13/2012
Santorum lost the Hawaii Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 5 delegates.
- 3/13/2012
Santorum lost the Mississippi Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 13 delegates.
- 3/10/2012
Santorum lost the Kansas Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 7 delegates.
- 3/10/2012
Santorum lost the Wyoming Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 2 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum won the Alaska Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 8 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum lost the Georgia Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 3 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum lost the Idaho Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum lost the Massachusetts Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum won the North Dakota Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 11 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum lost the Ohio Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 19 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum won the Oklahoma Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 14 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum won the Tennessee Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 29 delegates.
- 3/6/2012
Santorum lost the Vermont Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 4 delegates.
- 3/3/2012
Santorum lost the Washington Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 5 delegates.
- 2/28/2012
Santorum lost the Arizona Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 2/28/2012
Santorum lost the Michigan Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 14 delegates.
- 2/11/2012
Santorum lost the Maine Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 2/7/2012
Santorum won the Colorado Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 6 delegates.
- 2/7/2012
Santorum won the Minnesota Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 19 delegates.
- 2/7/2012
Santorum lost the Missouri Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 7 delegates.
- 1/31/2012
Santorum lost the Florida Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 1/21/2012
Santorum lost the South Carolina Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 1/10/2012
Santorum lost the New Hampshire Republican primary for President of the United States. Santorum won 0 delegates.
- 1/3/2012
Santorum won the Iowa Republican caucus for President of the United States. Santorum won 14 delegates.
Background
Born May 10, 1958, in Winchester, Va. A lawyer, he received a bachelor of arts degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1980, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 and a law degree from Dickinson Law School in 1986. He served as U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's 18th District from 1991-1995. He was a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania from 1995-2007. Married with seven children.
Issues
He opposed the financial-industry bailout and stimulus programs of the Bush and Obama administrations, and supports a constitutional balanced budget amendment. He would spur jobs by eliminating corporate taxes for manufacturers, drill for more oil and gas, and slash regulations. He supports a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He would seek to starve President Barack Obama's health care law of money needed to implement it. He supports the option of private retirement accounts instead of Social Security taxes and benefits for younger workers. He proposes zero corporate tax. He supports continued use of Guantanamo Bay detention for suspected terrorists, and says waterboarding has proved effective. He said in September 2011 that 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops should remain in Iraq. He wants U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan "a little slower" than Obama is planning. In May, he accused Obama of "dithering" in Libya and creating a morass" because he let the international community take the lead in aiding Gadhaf's opponents. He opposes closure of U.S. bases abroad.