(27 May 2015) Conservative culture warrior Rick Santorum formally launched a 2016 White House bid on Wednesday, vowing to fight for working-class Americans in a new election season that will test his influence _ and focus on social issues _ in an evolving Republican Party.
The former Pennsylvania senator may have exceeded his own expectations by scoring a second-place finish in the race for the Republican presidential nomination four years ago.
Yet as he enters a more powerful and diverse 2016 field, he may struggle even to qualify for the debate stage in his second run.
"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 57-year-old senator said, flanked by factory workers and his children in a cinderblock warehouse near his western Pennsylvania hometown.
Santorum opens this political season as a heavy underdog in a race expected to feature more than a dozen high-profile Republicans -- most of them newcomers to presidential politics.
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