Mitt Romney | |
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United States Senator from Utah | |
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Orrin Hatch |
Succeeded by | John Curtis |
70th Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office January 2, 2003 – January 4, 2007 | |
Lieutenant | Kerry Healey |
Preceded by | Paul Cellucci Jane Swift (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Deval Patrick |
Personal details | |
Born | Willard Mitt Romney March 12, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ann Romney (1969–present) |
Children | 5 |
Residence | Holladay, Utah, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University (BA) Harvard University (MBA, JD) |
Profession | Management consultant, Venture capitalist, Private equity |
Net worth | US $190–250 million (2012) |
Positions | Cofounder and CEO, Bain Capital (1984–2002) CEO, Bain & Company (1991–92) CEO, 2002 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (1999–2002) |
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Website | MittRomney.com |
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947), usually called Mitt Romney, is an American politician and businessman. Romney was the United States senator from Utah from January 3, 2019 to January 3, 2025. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts serving from 2003 to 2007. He ran for the Republican Party nomination in the 2008 election, but lost the nomination to United States senator John McCain of Arizona.
Romney would run again for the nomination in the 2012 election, only this time winning the nomination beating former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and former Speaker Newt Gingrich. His running mate was U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. He ran against the incumbent President Barack Obama. He lost the election winning 206 of the electoral college to Obama's 332.
In the aftermath of the election, Romney remained low in politics and in the 2016 presidential election, Romney was a critic of Donald Trump and would endorse former Governor Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party. After the election of Trump, it was thought that Trump would pick Romney as Secretary of State, but the position went to businessman Rex Tillerson.[1][2]
After Utah Senator Orrin Hatch retired on February 16, 2018, Romney became a candidate for the United States senate in the 2018 election.[3] In June 2018, Romney won the Republican nomination for the Senate seat.[4] He won the general election in a landslide victory replacing retiring Senator Orrin Hatch.