ORU Law School Graduate, Presidential Candidate Michelle Bachmann Bows Out

Michele Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign leaving her supporters up for grabs as Rick Santorum tries to become the conservative heavyweight in the Republican race.

A member of the final graduating class of the O.W. Coburn School of Law at Tulsa's ORU, Bachmann announced in June 2011 she was a Republican candidate in the 2012 presidential race.

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Santorum's near-tie with Iowa caucus winner Mitt Romney topped a rise from deep in the polls to contender for the presidential nomination.

Bachmann said Wednesday she has "decided to stand aside" but would continue fighting to overturn what she called President Barack Obama's "socialist policies."

ORU established the O.W. Coburn School of Law in 1979. In 1986, ORU gave its law library to CBN University, which is now Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Bachmann received a J.D. degree from the school that same year.