Only one Iowan showed up to a Rick Santorum campaign stop Monday.
Santorum quickly sat down to lunch at Darrell’s Place in Hamlin, Iowa, with her, The Des Moines Register reported.
“I haven’t eaten, actually, all day,” he said to Peggy Toft, an insurance agent and chair of the county’s Republican Party.
“They’re known for their breaded tenderloins, but there’s a lot of good choices here,” Toft, 54, said to Santorum.
He ordered it along with a side of onion rings.
The two talked one-on-one about what separates Santorum from the rest of the Republicans running, Politico reported. They also talked about Santorum’s business experience.
Toft isn’t sure she’ll vote for Santorum because she has to get all of the facts first, she said to Politico.
“Should I decide to vote for him, I will get the word out,” Toft said.
Santorum visited all 99 counties in Iowa during his 2012 presidential campaign. He won the state’s caucus then by 34 votes.
Earlier on Monday, 10 people came to a Santorum campaign stop in Panora.
After Santorum and Toft chatted for a bit, three more Iowans showed up to his stop in Hamlin.
Santorum was happy with the event and called it a success.
“People don’t understand. One guy in there said, ‘I’ll speak for you at the caucus,'” Santorum said. “That’s maybe eight votes that you wouldn’t otherwise get. Eight votes can make a big difference, as I know.”
Later that day, Santorum stopped by Sam’s Soda and Sandwiches in Carroll. He was met by three of his own staffers, two Democratic campaign trackers, a waitress and two diners, CNN reported.
“The key in those smaller counties is to find one or two really good volunteers,” he said. “(Then they) tell everybody that you came, and that you were available to speak to them and you sat for an hour and listened to the concerns of the people from that county.”
