Mitt Romney running for US President
| Full Name: | Willard Mitt Romney | Click here for Voting Records |
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| On The Ballot: | Running, Republican for President
with Paul Ryan |
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| Primary | 2012 | |
| General | Nov. 6, 2012 | |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Ann; 5 Children: Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, Craig |
| Birth Date: | 03/12/1947 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, MI |
| Home City: | Belmont, MA |
| Religion: | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitt's father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American Motors and then the governorship of Michigan.
Mitt married his wife, Ann, in 1969. They first met in elementary school when he was a Cub Scout; he remembers tossing pebbles at her when she rode by on a horse. When they met again years later at a friend's house, he was smitten. Between them, they have five sons and eighteen grandchildren, who are the center of their lives.
Like any family, the Romneys have faced hardship: Ann was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and more recently fought a battle with breast cancer. She credits her husband's unwavering care and devotion to her for helping her through these ordeals.
Mitt is not a career politician. He has spent most of his life in the private sector, giving him intimate knowledge of how our economy works. But he has also been an outstanding public servant. In one chapter of his distinguished career, he reversed the decline of a state mired in recession. In another chapter, he salvaged the 2002 Winter Olympic Games from certain disaster.
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