article_snippet.sent: While neither Mike Huckabee, who won Iowa in 2008, nor Rick Santorum, who won in 2012, went on to win the nomination, Mike Huckabee, who won Iowa in 2008, nor Rick Santorum, who won in 2012, went on to win the nomination successes helped launch Mike Huckabee, who won Iowa in 2008, nor Rick Santorum, who won in 2012, went on to win the nomination into high-profile battles with the then-front-runners.
article_snippet.sent: And with both of Mike Huckabee, who won Iowa in 2008, nor Rick Santorum, who won in 2012, went on to win the nomination likely running again in 2016, the competition will be stiff.
article_snippet.sent: While the past two winners of the Iowa caucuses -- Santorum and Huckabee -- are likely running for president again, Steve Scheffler, president of the group, argued that the GOP field is wide open in terms of who's going to win favor among evangelicals.
article_snippet.sent: Naturally those two (Huckabee and Santorum) have the name recognition and database of people who supported them in the past, but by and large voters are going to say, 'Let me take a good look at all of other likely candidates -- from Marco Rubio to Rick Perry to Rand Paul --.'