I was never going to vote for him again, I wouldn't vote for a demonRAT, but I'd have left that spot open.
He was such a disappointment, but every PA senator in my life has been a disappointment, except John Heinz, and he was killed in a plane crash while serving in the senate.
Santorum was the closest thing we had to a real senator, but he couldn't get re-elected in a club where almost everyone gets re-elected.
Santorum served two terms. He was first elected in 1994. He won reelection in 2000. He lost his third race in 2006.