Paul and Santorum dropped out of the US presidential race after failing in Iowa

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A potential Republican nominee for the US presidency, Rand Paul, announced ending your campaign. In the Iowa primary on February 1, Rand Paul received only 4,5% of the vote, more than 20% behind the winner, Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

“It has been an incredible honor to lead a principled campaign for the White House. “Today I will end it where I began—ready and eager to fight for freedom,” said Rand Paul.

Also on Wednesday it became known that the struggle for the presidency completes Rick Santorumranked second among the Republicans in the 2012 election of the year, when he lost only to Mitt Romney. According to the results of the caucus in Iowa, Santorum got only 1% of votes and took 11 place among twelve candidates. According to CNN sources, Rick Santorum will announce his decision on the evening of February 3.

Как писал previously ForumDaily, Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley dropped out of the race, gaining less than 1% of votes. Also Republican Michael Huckabee left the race. He wrote about his decision in Twitter.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is one of the few members of the Republican Party with libertarian views. His father, former Representative Ron Paul, ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States several times, but enjoyed support among libertarians. The latter traditionally believe that government intervention in the economy should be minimal and taxes should be reduced.

As for Rick Santorum, according to experts, 4 years after his successful performance in the previous campaign, he faced certain difficulties. Among them are a crowded field of about 17 Republican candidates and competition from Ted Cruz for evangelical votes.

Cruz, a conservative senator from Texas, in the end одержР° Р » an important victory over Donald Trump at the Republican Caucus in Iowa. The Democrats still have Hillary Clinton as the leader, but she did not call herself a winner, since the results differ only by a fraction of a percent.