The 2012 presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Representative of Georgia and Speaker of the House, was formally launched on May 11, 2011, through a video posted on Facebook and YouTube,
Newt Gingrich speaking to voters in Des Moines, Iowa
Gingrich at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, ahead of the Ames Straw Poll.
Gingrich during a book signing in November 2011.
Gingrich and his wife in New Hampshire
Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania began a campaign for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president of the United States in April 2011. He had been preparing for a run since shortly a
Santorum campaigning in Iowa in January 2012.
Santorum speaking at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rick Santorum official photo