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In a vote of Utah Republican Party delegates to fill a U.S. Senate nomination, Mitt Romney, left, was edged out by state lawmaker Mike Kennedy. Voters will decide between the two in a June 26, 2018, primary.
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Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and
politician who served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from
2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in
the 2012 election.
He
earned a BA from Brigham Young University in 1971 and
a joint JD–MBA from Harvard University in 1975. Romney became
a management consultant and in 1977 secured a position at Bain &
Company. Later serving as Bain's chief executive officer (CEO), he
helped lead the company out of a financial crisis. In 1984, he co-founded and
led the spin-off company Bain Capital,
a highly profitable private equity investment firm that became
one of the largest of its kind in the nation.
Active in The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) throughout his adult life, he
served as the bishop of his ward (head of his local
congregation) and then as stake president near Boston.
After
stepping down from Bain Capital and his local leadership role in the LDS
Church, Romney ran as the Republican candidate in the 1994 Massachusetts
election for U.S. Senate. After losing to longtime incumbent Ted Kennedy,
he resumed his position at Bain Capital. Years later, a successful stint as
President and CEO of the then-struggling Salt Lake
Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics led to a relaunch of
his political career. Elected Governor of Massachusetts in
2002, Romney helped develop and then signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform legislation,
the first of its kind in the nation. It provided near-universal health
insurance access through state-level subsidies and individual mandates to purchase insurance.
He did not seek re-election in 2006, instead focusing on his
campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2008
U.S. presidential election. Though he won several primaries and caucuses,
the eventual nominee was Senator John McCain.
Romney's considerable net worth, estimated in 2012 at $190–250 million,
helped finance his political campaigns prior to 2012.
Romney
was the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in
the 2012 election. He won
the 2012 Republican presidential
nomination, becoming the first Mormon to be the presidential nominee
of a major party. He was defeated by incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama in
the November 2012 general election,
losing the electoral college by
332–206. The popular vote between the two major-party nominees was 51%–47% in
Obama's favor.
In February 2018, Romney announced his candidacy for the 2018 Senate election in Utah.
In September and October 2017 press reports said that should
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch retire, Romney would run in Utah for that seat in 2018.
On January 2, 2018, after Orrin Hatch announced he would retire,
Romney changed his Twitter location from Massachusetts to Holladay, Utah,
contributing to speculation that he may be considering a run for Hatch's Senate
seat. On February 1, Romney tweeted that he would make an announcement on
February 15, but delayed that announced the day before out of respect for the
victims of the Douglas High School shooting.
On February 16, 2018, Romney formally launched his campaign
through a video message posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Romney would, if his campaign is successful, become the third
individual to serve as governor of a state and U.S. senator from a different
state. The other two were William W. Bibb (who served as a U.S. senator from
Georgia and as the first governor of Alabama) and Sam Houston (who served as
the sixth governor of Tennessee and as a U.S. senator from Texas).
At the state Republican nominating convention on Saturday April 21, 2018, Romney finished
second to Republic State Representative Mike Kennedy, who secured a narrow majority of
delegate votes. The two candidates will compete in a June 26 primary.
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| U. S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney delivers his speech to the delegates at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) |
Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid
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