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Credit: Scott Olson\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
ABC News Shushannah Walshe reports: <\/p>\n
Rick Santorum is heading back to Iowa. But its not to campaign for the presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney. <\/p>\n
Instead, Santorum is traveling there to thank Hawkeye State voters for his belated caucus victorytherein January. <\/p>\n
ABC News obtained an early copy of the schedule, which is lengthier than the initial two events released earlier this week. The former presidential candidate will launch the two-day thank you tour with a barbecue lunch on Tuesday, July 10 in Iowa City. <\/p>\n
He will also campaign for congressional candidates he has recently backed. Following the lunch he will be the special guest at a reception for congressional candidate John Archer in Bettendorf. In December, Santorum spoke at a Christmas Party and fundraiser for Archer. He will head to Dubuque that evening for a fundraiser for another congressional candidate, Ben Lange. <\/p>\n
Wednesday, he makes stops at a breakfast in Cedar Falls and will then appear with The Family Leaders Bob Vander Plaats for a news conference with other conservative leaders in Coralville. (Vander Plaats endorsed Santorum last December ahead of the Iowa Caucuses.) That evening he holds another thank you meet and greet picnic in Windsor Heights. <\/p>\n
Get more pure politics at ABC News.com\/Politics and a lighter take on the news at OTUSNews.com <\/p>\n
The packed two days read like a campaign schedule for the candidate who dropped out in April, but spent the most time campaigning in Iowa, shaking hands and kissing babies the old fashioned way trying to earn a win there. On caucus night, Romney was initially named the winner of the contest until the results were certified making Santorum the victor about two weeks later. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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