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ABC News: Santorum to Run for President

JUST IN: Exclusive: Rick Santorum tells @GStephanopoulos he is running for president in 2016: http://t.co/DeEGrykze2 pic.twitter.com/aGHoe01b2i — ABC News...
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In an ABC News exclusive, Rick Santorum tells George Stephanopoulos that he is running for president:

Rick Santorum, the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, will announce today that he will seek the GOP nomination for president in 2016, ABC News has learned. ABC News’ Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos will sit down for an exclusive interview with Santorum Wednesday afternoon.

Santorum, 57, is set to reveal his presidential intentions at an event today in Cabot, Pa., near his childhood home. It will be his second run for the White House, almost four years after he won primaries and caucuses in 11 states and finished second to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican nomination.

Santorum will join a quickly widening Republican field that already includes six declared candidates and could grow to encompass around a dozen more. Several contenders are expected to give him tougher competition this time around for the Christian conservative votes he relied on in 2012.

His experience in the last election could prove helpful, as several Republican nominees, including Romney and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., did not clinch the ticket until their second try.

But the competitive nature of this cycle has already thrown a hurdle in Santorum’s path, with recently released debate rules opening the possibility he will not poll high enough to participate in the first debate in August.

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