(CNN) - Rick Santorum has a new book in the works.
The former senator from Pennsylvania and 2012 Republican presidential candidate will release "Blue Collar Conservatives" this spring.
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Santorum, who battled eventual GOP 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney deep into the primary and caucus calendar, is considering a 2016 bid for the White House.
"In Blue Collar Conservatives, Santorum will address the plight of America's working families today. A champion of the manufacturing sector, he outlines how a Republican party dedicated to hardworking families, local communities, and small-town values can assemble a winning coalition," says a release from Regnery Publishing, a leading publisher of conservative books.
Santorum, always considered a friend to social conservatives, also highlighted his blue collar values in his 2012 bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Since that election, Santorum has emphasized that the Republican Party needs to do a better job reaching out the middle class with a message of lifting up "both owners and workers."