Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney
United States Senator from Utah
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2019 Serving with Mike Lee
Preceded by	Orrin Hatch
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 (1947-03-12) March 12, 1947 (age 77) 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 is the junior United States senator from Utah since January 3, 2019. 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.

1. ↑ "Trump meets with Romney, secretary of state job to potentially be discussed". Fox News. November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
2. ↑ Shear, Michael D.; Haberman, Maggie (December 12, 2016). "Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of Stat". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
3. ↑ "Mitt Romney is running for Senate in Utah".
4. ↑ "Utah Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2018.