Rick Santorum through the years
Rick Santorum, 57, is making his second race for the Republican presidential nomination, after finishing second (in total primary votes won) to Mitt Romney in 2012. An outspoken social conservative, Santorum was elected to the Senate in 1994, and after winning reelection in 2000 served as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. He lost his bid for a third term in 2006, and since then has worked as a political consultant and commentator. Here's a look back. Find more news-related pictures in our photo galleries , and follow us on Tumblr!
The early days
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Running for Senate
Republican Rick Santorum greets a vendor at the Italian Market in South Philadelphia while campaigning on November 1994. Santorum was challenging incumbent Harris Wofford for his U.S. Senate seat. (Photo: Steven Falk/Landov/Reuters)
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Flood damage tour
President Clinton, center, shares a laugh with, from left; Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom McGroarty, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Pa., and Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., on the banks of the Laurel Run Creek, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. in 1996. Clinton visited Wilkes-Barre to see the damage and recovery progress after January's floods. (Photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP)
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Daddy's little girl
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and his 2-year-old daughter, Sarah Maria, enter a victory rally in Pittsburgh in November 2000. With the Iowa presidential caucuses on Tuesday, Santorum was hoping to spring a surprise showing by casting himself as the only consistent conservative among his GOP rivals. He had been stuck at the back of the pack for months, but he steadily visited every Iowa county and pressed for support from Republicans with doubts about the conservative credentials of other candidates, especially Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Santorum How Conservative
U2 lead singer Bono discusses the global AIDS crises with then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2001. Rick Santorum boasted that deep conservative values make him a stronger challenger against President Barack Obama than likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney. (Photo: Dennis Cook/AP)
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Ground Zero Task Force
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks as Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., looks on during a press conference held by the Ground Zero Task Force to applaud volunteers and clergy working around New York City's "Ground Zero," the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks, in October 2001, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
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BUSH
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., listens to Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., after a GOP congressional meeting at the White House with President George W. Bush in November 2002. The leadership met with the president to discuss strategy for the remainder of the lame-duck congressional session. (Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters)
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., speaks during a news conference unveiling legislation authorizing the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Capitol Hill in May 2003. The press conference was called by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., left, who co-authored with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., right, the legislation that created a commission to study the museum proposal.(Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
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Play ball
Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., left, and Sen. Rick Santourm, R-Pa., are ready for the annual baseball game in June 2011. (Photo: Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty)
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Situation Iraq
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks to reporters after President George W. Bush met with Republican congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to discuss the situation in Iraq in May 2004. At left is Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Social Security debate
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., discusses the future of Social Security with a group of senior citizens at Ann's Choice retirement community Febrary 2005, in Warminster, Pa. Santorum spent the past week touring Pennsylvania to speak about the Bush administration's plan to change Social Security (Photo: William Thomas Cain/Getty)
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Thanks to the first lady
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., shakes hands with first lady Laura Bush after she made remarks on his behalf at a fundraiser in Villanova, Pa., in June 2006. Santorum was running for reelection against Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey in the fall. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
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Happy on the trail
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., center, is greeted by Johnstown, Pa., Mayor Don Zucco, left, as he made a campaign stop in Central Park in downtown Johnstown, Pa. in August 2006. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Post debate press
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is interviewed by the press after a debate with his challenger, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate State Treasurer Bob Casey, on "Meet the Press" in September 2006, at the NBC studios in Washington, D.C. The U.S. senatorial race in Pennsylvania was expected to be one of the tightest races in the midterm elections in November. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty for Meet the Press)
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Confronting Casey
Then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., left, and his opponent, Democrat Bob Casey, confront each other during the taping of Oct. 12, 2006, debate at the KDKA television studio in Pittsburgh. (Photo: Steve Mellon/AP)
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Rick and Ike
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., makes remarks under a painting of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, Pa., in October 2006. Santorum, who had been trailing his opponent for months, accused Democratic challenger Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey, of being unqualified for the Senate "at a very critical time in our nation's future." (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
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Onslaught
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., center, talks to the press at a Pennsylvania Victory Rally in Philadelphia, Pa., in October 2006. (Photo: Tim Larsen/AP)
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Pennsylvania rally
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks to supporters at a rally in Lancaster, Pa., on Nov. 5, 2006. (Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Volunteer chat
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., talks with a campaign volunteer outside the Republican headquarters in downtown Meadville, Pa., on Nov. 6, 2006. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Last minute multi-tasking
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and his brother Dan Santorum, left, make calls to get out the vote from his campaign headquarters in Pittsburgh on Nov. 7, 2006. Santorum was being challenged by Democrat Bob Casey. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Defeated
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and wife Karen, right, with daughter Sarah, 8, appear before supporters in Pittsburgh to concede to Democrat Bob Casey, Nov. 7, 2006. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Iowa economy tour
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks during a Presidential Lecture Series sponsored by The Family Leader, at Pella Christian High School in Pella, Iowa, in May 2011. Republican candidates for president discovered that the economy and government spending are trumping the usual issues of abortion and gay marriage in socially conservative Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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Iowa â Presidential Lecture Series
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks during a Presidential Lecture Series sponsored by The Family Leader in May 2011, at Pella Christian High School in Pella, Iowa. Santorum was making his 13th visit to Iowa, the most of any Republican weighing a 2012 bid. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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Announcing preisential bid
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum works the crowd after announcing his bid for the Republican presidential race in June 2011, at the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Embracing New Hampshire
Republican presidential hopeful and former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., embraces N.H. Rep. Lenette Peterson, R-Merrimack, during a campaign stop at a party barbeque in Bedford, N.H., in June 2011. (Photo: Charles Krupa/AP)
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'Field of Dreams'
Rick Santorum, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and Republican presidential hopeful, walks from the corn during a campaign stop at the farm where the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed in August 2011, in Dyersville, Iowa. Most of the Republican presidential candidates crisscrossed Iowa that week hoping to gain support in front of the Republican Party debate and Iowa Straw Poll. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty)
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Iowa debate
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum gestures during the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, in August 2011. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall, Pool/AP)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum kisses his 13-year-old daughter, Sarah, while riding on a golf cart before the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll, Aug. 13, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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New England clam bake
Republican presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum poses with a lobster at the Grafton County Republican Committee New England Clam Bake in August 2011, in Rumney, N.H. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
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'GOP Shootout'
Republican presidential candidate and former senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, gets ready to shoot at a moving target with an HK93 during the Cheshire County GOP Shootout, in September 2011, in Keene, N.H. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
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Enter stage left
Rick Santorum walks onstage to speak at a pre-debate rally sponsored by the Faith and Freedom Coalition before GOP debate on Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Florida. Later GOP presidential candidates faced off in a debate, ahead of the Florida GOP's Presidency 5 Straw Poll. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
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Putting and politics
Wearing boots, Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum watches his putt during a campaign stop at the Carroll County GOP golf tournament in October 2011, in Center Ossipee, N.H. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
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New Hampshire debate
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum answers as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, listen during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., on Oct. 11, 2011. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
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Thumbs up New Hampshire
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks with legislators at the statehouse in Concord, N.H. in October 2011. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)
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Santa's vote?
Former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, right, talks with Konrad Kayne during his visit to Charmingfare Farm in Candia, N.H., in November 2011. (Photo: Winslow Townson/AP)
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Little one in Iowa
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum greets attendees at a town hall meeting at the Lincoln Cafe in Belle Plaine, Iowan in December 2011. (Photo: Chris Carlson/AP)
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Bird man
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum celebrates after he shot a bird during a hunt at Doc's Hunt Club in Adel, Iowa, in December 2011. (Photo: Chris Carlson/AP)
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Thumbs up Iowa
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gestures as he waits to speak to local residents during a campaign stop at USA Furniture and Bedding in December 2011, in Dubuque, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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Posing with pup
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, center, poses for photos during a campaign stop in December 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
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Campaign profile
Republican presidential candidate and former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks at the National Sprint Car Museum Dec. 31, 2011, in Knoxville, Iowa. GOP presidential contenders crisscrossed Iowa in the final stretch of campaigning before the Jan. 3 caucus, the first test the candidates must face before becoming the Republican presidential nominee. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty)
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Surrounded
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum reacts to a question from the media at a campaign stop at Valley High School on Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP)
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Iowa victory
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum embraces his wife, Karen, as he enters his victory party Jan. 3, 2012, in Johnston, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP)
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Town hall address
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gestures as he speaks at a campaign town hall in Northfield, N.H. in January 2012. (Photo: Elise Amendola/AP)
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Keen on Keene
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum gives a thumb-up after after campaigning at the Keene Public Library in Keene, N.H., in January 2012. Santorum's New Hampshire experience was far different than his Iowa experience. The one-time longshot candidate who ran his grassroots-focused Iowa campaign on a shoestring nearly beat Mitt Romney in the leadoff caucuses. That distinction led to overflow crowds in New Hampshire, reportedly booming fundraising and, it seems, a host of new challenges for both the campaign and the candidate. (Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)
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Growing on trees
Cory Cunningham of Merrimack, N.H., looks on from a tree as Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania former Rick Santorum takes part in a TV interview near the Homestead Grocery and Deli on January 2012, in Amherst, N.H. (Photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
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Inside voice
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks to reporters at a campaign event as his wife Karen, left, watches while a member of his security detail waits outside the restaurant in January 2012, in Greenville, S.C. (Photo: David Goldman/AP)
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The contenders
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spar during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., on Jan. 8, 2012. (Photo: Charles Krupa/AP)
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Making his point
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum visits Mary Ann's Diner in January 2012, in Derry, N.H. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
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Making another point
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks during a town hall meeting in January 2012, in Sun City, S.C. (Photo: David Goldman/AP)
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Awating introduction
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum looks to his wife, Karen, before being introduced during the Bronze Elephant Presidential Candidate Forum at Byrnes High School in Duncan, South Carolina in January 2012. (Photo: Chris Keane/Reuters)
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'Now Showing' in South Carolina
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum at his town hall event in Lexington, S.C., in January 2012. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
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King Kong moment
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum waves to patron after holding a town hall event in Lexington, S.C., in January 2012. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
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Florida sky talk
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks at a Tea Party rally in Punta Gorda, Fla., in January 2012. (Photo: Paul Sancya/AP)
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Shuffling in Wisconsin
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. senator Rick Santorum plays a friendly game of shuffleboard at Title Town Brewery in Green Bay, Wis., in March 2012. Santorum had a full day of campaign stops in Wisconsin on the day of Louisiana's primary. (Photo: Darren Hauck/Reuters)
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Bowling with Rick
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum bowls in Mechanicsburg, Pa. in April 2012. (Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP)
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Hugs in Carnegie
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum hugs a boy during his visit to Bob's Diner in Carnegie, Pa. in April 2012. (Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP)
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Canidacy suspended
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum turns to his wife Karen after announcing he was suspending his candidacy for the presidency, on April 10, 2012, in Gettysburg, Pa. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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Bows to delegates
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum bows toward the delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2012. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
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CPAC strong
Former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., in March 2014. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
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Iowa Press
Former Penn. senator Rick Santorum sits on the set of Iowa Press before taping at the Iowa Public Television studios in March 2014, in Johnston, Iowa. Santorum narrowly won the 2012 Iowa caucuses and had been ambivalent about whether he'll seek the GOP nomination a second time. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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Anti-abortion march
Former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., stops to greet people during an anti-abortion rally at the annual March for Life on the National Mall in Washington in January 2015. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in Washington for an annual march to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
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Return to Iowa
Former Penn. senator Rick Santorum waits backstage before speaking at the Freedom Summit in January 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP)
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'Faith & Freedom'
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom 15th Annual Spring Kick Off, in Waukee, Iowa in April 2015. (Photo: Nati Harnik/AP)
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