GOP candidates on the trail in December

In December, the GOP presidential candidates turned their attention to Iowa and saw the field grow smaller as one candidate suspended his campaign.

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Dec, 25, 2011

Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich arrives for Christmas Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

MOLLY RILEY / REUTERS

Dec. 23, 2011

Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, talk with a customer while shopping for items to donate to the Marines annual "Toys For Tots" collection at The Toy Store in Concord, N.H.

Winslow Townson / AP

Dec. 22, 2011

Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vists St. Paul's Lutheran Church while campaigning in Berlin, N.H.

Charles Krupa / AP

Dec. 22, 2011

Republican Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.), who is vying for the GOP presidential nomination, speaks at a town-hall meeting at the historic Clinton Engines Building in Maquoketa, Iowa.

JEFF HAYNES / REUTERS

Dec. 22, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential contender, leaves a campaign event in Ottumwa, Iowa .

JOSHUA LOTT / REUTERS

December 22, 2011

GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry laughs at a joke as he speaks during a campaign event in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Joshua Lott / Reuters

December 22, 2011

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) talks to reporters at the end of a campaign rally in Richmond, Va.

Alex Wong / Getty Images

December 22, 2011

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney pays Allan Lowe for diesel after pumping fuel into his campaign bus during a stop in Randolph, N.H. Lowe is also the Randolph police chief.

Charles Krupa / AP

December 22, 2011

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) sits on a motorcycle during a campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.

Charlie Riedel / AP

December 22, 2011

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) poses for a photo with Alaine Olthafer-Lange and her 3-month-old daughter Heidi Lange during a campaign stop in Dubuque, Iowa.

Charlie Riedel / AP

Dec. 16, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets ready for an interview with CNN at the Copper Cup coffee shop after a campaign stop in Cherokee, Iowa.

Scott Olson / Getty

Dec. 16, 2011

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney discusses jobs and the economy with workers and guests at the Missouri Valley Steel factory in Sioux City, Iowa.

Scott Olson / Getty

Dec. 15, 2011

The GOP presidential candidates are introduced for the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

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Dec. 15, 2011

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich greets people after the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

Scott Olson / Getty

Dec. 15, 2011

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) gets into a heated exchange with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) during the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

Scott Olson / Getty

Dec. 14, 2011

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) addresses guests gathered for the premiere screening of "The Gift of Life," an antiabortion documentary, at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines. Candidates Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum also spoke at the event.

Scott Olson / Getty

Dec. 13, 2011

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at a town hall meeting in Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Chris Carlson / AP

Dec. 12, 2011

Newt Gingrich takes part in a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Jon Huntsman at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.

Matthew Cavanaugh / Getty

Dec. 10, 2011

Newt Gingrich, center, and his wife, Callista, greet supporters after the ABC News GOP Presidential Debate on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines.

Kevork Djansezian / Getty

Dec. 8, 2011

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) speaks at a town hall in the Erickson Public Library during a campaign stop in Boone, Iowa.

Kevork Djansezian / Getty

Dec. 7, 2011

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman addresses the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington.

Cliff Owen / AP

Dec. 5, 2011

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, right, speaks to the media as Donald Trump listens at Trump Tower after a meeting between the two in New York City.

Spencer Platt / Getty

Dec. 3, 2011

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters and volunteers during a rally in Manchester, N.H.

Jim Cole / AP

Dec. 3, 2011

Herman Cain announces that he is suspending his campaign as a Republican presidential candidate as his wife, Gloria Cain, looks on during the scheduled opening of a local campaign headquarters in Atlanta. Cain had taken time to reassess the condition of his campaign "because of all this media firestorm stuff," adding, "my wife and family comes first."

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