Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is an American attorney, author, politician, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate\'s third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007. He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to Mitt Romney.\n', '

Santorum was elected as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania in 1994. He served two terms until losing his reelection bid in 2006. A Catholic, Santorum is a social conservative who opposes same-sex marriage and artificial birth control. While serving as a senator, Santorum was the author of what came to be known as the Santorum Amendment, which promoted the teaching of intelligent design. In 2005, Santorum introduced the Workplace Religious Freedom Act along with Senator John Kerry.\n', '

In the years following his departure from the Senate, Santorum worked as a consultant, private-practice lawyer, and news contributor. He ran for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. He exceeded expectations by winning 11 primaries and caucuses and received nearly 4 million votes, making him the runner-up to eventual nominee Mitt Romney by the time he suspended his campaign on April 10, 2012. Santorum officially endorsed Romney on May 7, 2012. He ran again in the 2016 presidential election but ended his campaign in February 2016 after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. In January 2017, he became a CNN senior political commentator.\n', '

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