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Illness leads Santorum to cancel Iowa visit
Former Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum has cancelled two scheduled stops in Des Moines today. The former Pennsylvania senator was hospitalized this weekend for a gastrointestinal illness and dehydration.
Santorum won the Iowa Caucus in 2012, and has hinted at running as a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
Santorum was scheduled to attend a luncheon at the John Paul II Medical Research Institute Monday. He was also supposed to give the keynote address at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Annual Spring Kick-off Monday night.
Former GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum announces he will be the spokesman of Give Cures on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 in Coralville. (Hayley Bruce/The Gazette)
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