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May 28, 2015

Santorum Launches Presidential Bid; Pataki to Announce Today 
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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has launched his second bid
for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum was the runner-up
in the 2012 nomination race, after winning the support of evangelical
Christians. Santorum announced his bid in Pennsylvania at Penn United
Technologies — a company which makes equipment for the oil and gas
industries.

Rick Santorum: "Working families don't need another president tied to
big government or big money. And today is the day — today is the
day we are going to begin to fight back. I am proud to stand here among
you and for you, the American workers, who have sacrificed so much, to
announce that I am running for president of the United States."

The Republican presidential field is set to get even more crowded today
as former three-term New York Governor George Pataki is expected to
announce his bid.

 

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