--- title: Rick Santorum To Drop Out of Presidential Race description: Rick Santorum will drop out of the presidential race Wednesday night, reports say. canonical: https://time.com/4206565/rick-santorum-drop-out-race-president/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-03T19:19:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:43:59.329Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rick Santorum to Drop Out of Presidential Race og:description: He's the fourth casualty of Monday night's Iowa caucuses og:url: https://time.com/4206565/rick-santorum-drop-out-race-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6dc17fc6326f968/69887bf82dce01cf8f9e7a4d/rick-santorum1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: rick-santorum og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rick Santorum to Drop Out of Presidential Race twitter:description: He's the fourth casualty of Monday night's Iowa caucuses twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6dc17fc6326f968/69887bf82dce01cf8f9e7a4d/rick-santorum1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rick Santorum to Drop Out of Presidential Race > Sponsored content. 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Rick Santorum visits "Cavuto: Coast To Coast" at FOX Studios on July 22, 2015 in New York City.John Lamparski—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Feb 3, 2016 7:19 PM UTC Rick Santorum will drop out of the presidential race Wednesday night, reports say. [CNN reports](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/rick-santorum-dropping-presidential-bid/) based on two Republican sources that Santorum is planning to exit the race. Santorum earned just 1% of the Iowa vote, despite winning the caucus there four years ago. The former Pennsylvania senator will be the fourth causality of Monday night: Former Maryland Gov. [Martin O’Malley](http://time.com/4203646/martin-omalley-to-suspend-presidential-campaign-after-iowa-caucuses/), former Arkansas Gov. [Mike Huckabee](http://time.com/4203702/iowa-caucuses-mike-huckabee-ends/) and Kentucky Senator [Rand Paul](http://time.com/4205874/rand-paul-ends-campaign/?xid=homepage) have all dropped out since the caucus results were announced. Texas Sen. 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