[260] He spent $110 million during the campaign, including $45 million of his own money.[261]. [231] Media stories called the 6-foot-2-inch (1.88m) Romney handsome;[232][233][234][235] a number of commentators noted that with his square jaw and ample hair graying at the temples, he matched a common image of what a president should look like. [167][188][189] He did so in the face of conservative and corporate critics who viewed these actions as tax increases. Romney often condemned Trump's statements. Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. "[69] Unlike other consulting firms, which issued recommendations and then departed, Bain & Company immersed itself in a client's businesses and worked with them until changes were implemented. 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He's playing members of the American public for suckers" and that "if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished. Happy Statehood Day, Utah! "[419], In June, Romney said that he would not vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, saying: "It's a matter of personal conscience. [169][nb 12], At the beginning of his governorship, Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions but advocated tolerance and supported some domestic partnership benefits. The case seems convoluted and the argument tenuous. [77], Bain Capital's leveraged buyouts sometimes led to layoffs, either soon after acquisition or later after the firm had concluded its role. "[465], Romney did not endorse Trump's 2020 reelection campaign and told reporters that he did not vote for him. [163] In June 2002, the Massachusetts Democratic Party challenged Romney's eligibility to run for governor, noting that state law required seven years' consecutive residence and that Romney had filed his state tax returns as a Utah resident in 1999 and 2000. [114][115] He had kept abreast of national politics since college,[36] and the circumstances of his father's presidential campaign loss had irked him for decades. Some sources incorrectly report that Romney graduated first in his class at BYU. [324][325] Romney's double-digit lead in state polls evaporated; he lost the January 21 primary to Gingrich by 13 points. #utpol. The two bear a close physical resemblance at similar ages and both have been said to "look like a president". [339] Negative ads from both sides dominated the campaign, with Obama's proclaiming that Romney shipped jobs overseas while at Bain Capital and kept money in offshore tax havens and Swiss bank accounts. [nb 15] Ann Romney, who had become an advocate for those with multiple sclerosis,[229] was in remission and was an active participant in his campaign,[230] helping to soften his political personality. Romney Veto of Health Care Fee", "Massachusetts' insured rate hits 98.1%: Analysis", "Massachusetts ballot initiative could halt same-sex marriages", "Romney's stance on civil unions draws fire", "Romney Eyes Order on Licenses; Seeks to Halt Marriage of Gay Outsiders", "Lawmakers override governor's contraception veto: Move will ease morning-after pill's availability", "Is Romney ready for the big time? He married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons. ", "Romney urges states to divest from Iran despite links to business interests there", "Romney meets with strikers Ind. [70] He also earned a reputation for avoiding any overnight travel that might interfere with his church responsibilities. Romney is the first senator to vote to remove a president of his own party from office. By virtue of mathematics (the money he has raised) and chemistry (the way his rivals treat him), former Gov. Since neither Romney nor Kennedy garnered 60% of delegate votes to claim the endorsement, the two candidates competed in a June 26 primary election. [104], In August 2001, Romney announced that he would not return to Bain Capital. [385]) Romney began working as executive partner group chairman for Solamere Capital, a private capital firm in Boston owned by his son Tagg. In addition to calling for cuts in federal government spending to help reduce the national debt, Romney proposed measures intended to limit the growth of entitlement programs, such as introducing means testing and gradually raising the eligibility ages for receipt of Social Security and Medicare. [366], The first of three 2012 presidential election debates took place on October 3, in Denver. [340] A related issue dealt with Romney's purported responsibility for actions at Bain Capital after taking the Olympics post. [468], On the morning of January 5, 2021, Romney was heckled and harassed at the airport on his way to Washington D.C. to certify Joe Biden's election win in the Senate. Wade. You don't concede when there's theft," and encouraged his supporters to "fight like hell" to "take back our country" and to march to the Capitol. [17] Romney was called "Billy" until kindergarten, when he expressed a preference for "Mitt. [321], In the run-up to the South Carolina Republican primary, Gingrich launched ads criticizing Romney for causing job losses while at Bain Capital, Perry referred to Romney's role there as "vulture capitalism", and Palin pressed Romney to prove his claim that he created 100,000 jobs during that time. He was very good at characterizing and castigating people and putting himself on a pedestal. [169][194] The effort eventually gained the support of all major stakeholders within the state, and Romney helped break a logjam between rival Democratic leaders in the legislature. [59][60] As a result, he enrolled in the recently created four-year joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. [109][111] An unpaid position, his local church leadership often took 30 or more hours a week of his time,[110] and he became known for his considerable energy in the role. [201] Instead, he endorsed a ballot initiative led by the Coalition for Marriage and Family (an alliance of socially conservative organizations) that would have banned same-sex marriage and made no provisions for civil unions. "[231][253] The fervor with which Romney adopted his new stances and attitudes contributed to the perception of inauthenticity that hampered the campaign. Dear Sen.-elect Mitt Romney, Although we were of different political parties, your father, George W. Romney, and I were good friends. [354][367] That debate overshadowed Obama's improved presentation in the next two debates later in October, and Romney maintained a small advantage in the debates when seen as a whole. [14] He became a zone leader in Bordeaux in early 1968, and soon thereafter became an assistant to the mission president in Paris. See MoreSee Less. After stepping down from Bain Capital and his local leadership role in the LDS Church, Romney was the Republican nominee in the 1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts. [nb 6], Romney then became co-president of a mission that had become demoralized and disorganized after the May 1968 general strike and student uprisings and the car accident. Romney set up a system in which any partner could veto one of these potential opportunities, and he personally saw so many weaknesses that few venture capital investments were approved in the initial two years. The objection was defeated on a 5545 vote; Romney was one of the five Republicans to vote against it, along with Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey. [170][172][173] Television ads highlighting the effort, as well as one portraying his family in gushing terms and showing him shirtless,[172] received a poor public response and were a factor in his Democratic opponent, Massachusetts State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien, leading in the polls as late as mid-October. "[411][412] In response, Trump dismissed Romney as a "choke artist. My job was to try and make the enterprise successful, and in my view the best security a family can have is that the business they work for is strong. [434][435] On January 2, 2018, after Hatch announced that he would retire, Romney changed his Twitter location from Massachusetts to Holladay, Utah, contributing to speculation that he was considering a run for Senate. [511] In 2022, Romney reversed his previous position on federal marriage, and was one of 12 Republicans voting to advance legislation to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. Senator Romney joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging the Administration to withdraw recent draft guidance proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). 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[21][26], Romney attended Stanford University during the 196566 academic year. Senator Orrin Hatch retire, Romney would run for that seat in 2018. "[298], Romney raised $56 million in 2011, more than double the amount raised by any of his Republican opponents,[303] and refrained from spending his own money on the campaign. On April 7, 2022, Romney was one of three Republicans to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, joining all 50 members of the Democratic caucus in favor of the nomination. [47], At their first meeting following his return, Romney and Ann Davies reconnected and decided to get married. As 2023 begins, Senator Mitt Romney released a report detailing the policy and constituent services highlights from the past year. [335] Romney maintained his delegate margin through subsequent contests,[336] and Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10. [139] He oversaw a $1.32 billion budget, 700 employees, and 26,000 volunteers. "[412] Romney's speech represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party's most recent presidential nominee against the party's current front-runner for the nomination. [386][389] Romney and his siblings continued to own a cottage in a gated community called Beach O' Pines south of Grand Bend, Ontario, which has been in the family for more than 60 years. "[314][315][316] In the month before voting began, Newt Gingrich experienced a significant surge taking a solid lead in national polls and most of the early caucus and primary states[317] before settling back into parity or worse with Romney following a barrage of negative ads from Restore Our Future, a pro-Romney Super PAC. [50][51], Romney had missed much of the tumultuous anti-Vietnam War movement in America while in France. It's really not hard to do some Google searches before According to the Mitt Romney sons, May the tradition of bipartisanship continue so Utah remains one of the best-managed states in the country! These included reducing individual income tax rates across the board by 20%, maintaining the Bush administration-era tax rate of 15% on investment income from dividends and capital gains (and eliminating this tax entirely for those with annual incomes less than $200,000), cutting the top tax rate on corporations from 35% to 25%, and eliminating the estate tax and the Alternative Minimum Tax. Conservative. "[131] Other Kennedy ads centered on layoffs of workers at the Ampad plant owned by Bain Capital. [350], In mid-September, a video surfaced of Romney speaking before a group of supporters in which he said that 47% of the nation pays no income tax, are dependent on the federal government, see themselves as victims, and will support Obama unconditionally. On Thursday, Romney participated in a Washington Post webinar about climate change, according to the Washington Examiner. [337] Following a sweep of five more contests on April 24, the Republican National Committee put its resources to work for Romney as the party's presumptive nominee. Notable Romney family members include George W. Romney (19071995), the 43rd Governor of Michigan (19631969), and his son, Mitt Romney (born 1947). [310][311], Romney continued to seek support from a wary Republican electorate; at this point in the race, his poll numbers were relatively flat and at a historically low level for a Republican front-runner. [167] Unexpected revenue of $1.01.3 billion from a previously enacted capital gains tax increase and $500 million in new federal grants decreased the deficit to $1.21.5 billion. He suggested that he might vote for a third-party candidate, or write in his wife's name, saying she would be "an ideal president." Gov. [244] But persistent questions about the role of religion in his life, as well as Southern Baptist minister and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee's rise in the polls based on an explicitly Christian-themed campaign, led to Romney's December 6, 2007, "Faith in America" speech. [110], Radio personality Janet Jeghelian took an early lead in polls among candidates for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat, but Romney proved the most effective fundraiser. Senate. [97][98], By 1999, Bain Capital was on its way to becoming one of the foremost private equity firms in the nation,[76] having increased its number of partners from 5 to 18, with 115 employees and $4 billion under management. [475] Later that day, while the Senate was in session certifying the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count within the United States Capitol, hundreds of Trump supporters violently stormed the capitol, where they looted senators' offices and broke into the chamber of the United States Senate. [67], In 1977, he was hired by Bain & Company, a management consulting firm in Boston formed a few years earlier by Bill Bain and several other ex-BCG employees. [52] During the U.S. military draft for the Vietnam War, Romney sought and received two 2-S student deferments, then a 4-D ministerial deferment while living in France as a missionary. Both presided over a stake in the LDS Church. [409] Romney publicly criticized Trump for not releasing his taxes, saying there might be a "bombshell" in them. [89] Referring to the layoffs that sometimes occurred, Romney said in 2007: "Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient. [257], Altogether, Romney had won 11 primaries and caucuses,[258] receiving about 4.7 million votes[259] and garnering about 280 delegates. [141], Before Romney took over, the event was $379 million short of its revenue goals. [255][256] McCain won by five points. [521], Romney said he would appoint federal judges in the mold of U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and Samuel Alito. He wasn't the first investor. Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since January 2019, succeeding Orrin Hatch. Though he won several primaries and caucuses, Romney ultimately lost the nomination to Senator John McCain. Mitt's mother Lenore, promoted here on a button, lost a Senate race in 1970. Who Is Mitt Romney? "[354] Exit polls published following the election showed that voters never saw Romney as someone who cared about people like them. [491][492], Romney pledged to lead an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") and replace it with a system that gives states more control over Medicaid and makes health insurance premiums tax-advantaged for individuals in the same way they are for businesses. [203] In May 2004 and per the court decision, he instructed town clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [48] Before their wedding, Romney moved to Utah and enrolled at Brigham Young University, where Ann had been studying. [nb 16], The campaign's strategy called for winning the initial two contests the January 3, 2008, Iowa Republican caucuses and the January 8 New Hampshire primary to propel Romney nationally. Romney was also one of only two Senators who voted to confirm both Jackson and Amy Coney Barrett. [201][204] In June 2005, Romney abandoned his support for the compromise amendment, stating that it confused voters who opposed both same-sex marriage and civil unions. She is the third child of his older brother Scott Romney and Ronna Stern Romney. [499][500] He believed North American energy independence could be achieved by 2020. [31][53] When those ran out, he drew number 300 in the December 1969 draft lottery, ensuring he would not be drafted. [386][389] They then sold the condominium in Belmont and decided to make their main residence in Utah,[385] switching their voter registration. College, France mission, marriage, and children, First impeachment of Donald Trump (20192020), Second impeachment of Donald Trump (2021), Commission to investigate attack on Capitol, Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, 2012 Republican nominee for President of the United States, Pranks conducted by Romney during his Cranbrook years included, Pranks conducted by Romney during his Stanford years included dressing as a police officer and pretending to arrest people. [506] He planned to formally label China a currency manipulator and take associated counteractions unless China changed its trade practices. [21][23] Romney was involved in several pranks while attending Cranbrook. 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[22], At Cranbrook, Romney helped manage the ice hockey team, and joined the pep squad. [416] As the race went on, there was some evidence that tactical voting was occurring, and some partial arrangements were formed among candidates,[417][418] but by May 3, Trump had defeated all his opponents and became the party's presumptive nominee. [117][132] The latter was effective in blunting Romney's momentum. [283] In the book, he writes of his belief in American exceptionalism,[284] and presents his economic and geopolitical views rather than anecdotes about his personal or political life. [137] Bullock said: "He tried very hard to build an image of himself as a savior, the great white hope. [36][49] During his senior year, he took a leave of absence to work as driver and advance man for his mother's unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign;[26][50] together, they visited all 83 Michigan counties. ", "Americans really wish they had elected Mitt Romney instead of Obama", "If voters had it to do over, Romney in a landslide", "Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid", "Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for 'almost certain' 2016 bid", "The G.O.P. [338] Romney clinched a majority of the delegates with a win in the Texas primary on May 29. [171], In an attempt to overcome the image that had damaged him in the 1994 Senate race that of a wealthy corporate buyout specialist out of touch with the needs of regular people the campaign staged a series of "work days", in which Romney performed blue-collar jobs such as herding cows and baling hay, unloading a fishing boat, and hauling garbage. "[494][495], He also promised to seek income tax law changes that he said would help to lower federal deficits and would stimulate economic growth. [116][169][239] As a Mormon, he faced suspicion and skepticism by some in the Evangelical wing of the party. [257] Trailing McCain in delegates by a more than two-to-one margin, Romney announced the end of his campaign on February 7. The Romney family is prominent in U.S. politics. ; 2008 Elections Gearing Up", "Romney moves to allay Mormon concerns directly", "Mitt Romney Pledges to Serve No One Religion in Faith Speech", "Huckabee, Obama have huge night in Iowa", "To Quiet Critics, Romney Puts 2012 Focus on Jobs", "Election Center 2008: Delegate Scorecard", "Ex-GOP candidate Romney endorses McCain", "Romney not getting his $45m back: Says he won't seek gifts to repay campaign loans", "Romney: It was Bush, not Obama, who averted second Depression", "Mitt Romney changes position on TARP, DNC says", "Having Opposed Auto Bailout, Romney Now Takes Credit for Rebound", "Money for Love? I'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. "[514] That year, he wrote: "I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. [24] Past rival Ted Kennedy, who had made universal health coverage his life's work and who, over time, had developed a warm relationship with Romney,[195] gave the plan a positive reception, which encouraged Democratic legislators to cooperate. [212][223][230] Late during his term as governor, he had shifted positions and emphases to better align with traditional conservatives on social issues. [86], Starting in February 1999, Romney took a paid leave of absence from Bain Capital in order to serve as the president and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee. [61] He readily adapted to the business school's pragmatic, data-driven case study method of teaching. [59] In some cases, Romney had little involvement with a company once Bain Capital acquired it. Senator from Texas. [415] As such, Romney announced he was voting for, although not endorsing, Ted Cruz for president in the March 22 Utah caucus. The bill includes the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act, support for hospitals throughout the state, and funding for essential services like roads and law enforcement in Utahs rural counties. [14][36] Rules against drinking, smoking, and dating were strictly enforced. That will be their legacyThe best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth! [41][nb 5] He initially became demoralized and later recalled it as the only time when "most of what I was trying to do was rejected. [167][173] These were effective in capturing independent voters. [140] Utah Senator Bob Bennett said that much of the needed federal money was already in place. [70][110][112] He organized a team to handle financial and management issues, sought to counter anti-Mormon sentiment, and tried to solve social problems among poor Southeast Asian converts. "[457] Republicans for the Rule of Law ran various ads thanking Romney. [167][182] The combined state and local tax burden in Massachusetts increased during Romney's governorship. Against the advice of Bain Capital lawyers, Romney met the strikers, but told them he had no position of active authority in the matter. [140][144] The appointment faced some initial criticism from both non-Mormons and Mormons that it represented cronyism and made the Games seem too Mormon-dominated. The crash killed one of his passengers, the wife of the mission president. Based on figures from 1971 to 2010, the average Mormon gets only 48 baptism converts to the faith per year during a mission. In a sense, he has been gifted by Mr. Trump with a kind of late-career relevance that he might not have otherwise enjoyed. 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[147][150] An additional $1.1 billion of indirect federal funding came to the state in the form of highway and transit projects. Romney was elected U.S. ", "Sky Blu of LMFAO claims Mitt Romney got physical first on flight from Vancouver", "In book, Romney styles himself wonk, not warrior", "Romney tops bestseller list, but with an asterisk", "Romney worth between $190m and $250m, campaign says", "Romneycare may come back to haunt Mitt on health issue", "Health Mandate Cases to Loom Over 2012 Romney Run", "Mitt Romney's plan: Go big, go everywhere", "5 challenges for front-runner Mitt Romney", "Romney forms presidential exploratory committee", "Romney takes next big step toward run for president", "Palin or Romney: Republicans Weigh Passion vs. [162] On March 19, 2002, Swift announced she would not seek her party's nomination, and hours later Romney declared his candidacy,[162] for which he would face no opposition in the primary. People ask me if this is conservative or liberal, and my answer is yes. [88], During his business career, Romney held several positions in the church's local lay clergy. He was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5% of his business school class and received his Juris Doctor degree cum laude for ranking in the top third of his law school class. [nb 7], The Romneys' first son, Taggart, was born in 1970[38] while they were undergraduates at BYU and living in a basement apartment. [430] The next year, Trump endorsed Romney's 2018 senate campaign. Oct 5, 2007. Romney endorsed McCain for president a week later,[260] and McCain had Romney on a short list for running mate, where his business experience would have balanced one of McCain's weaknesses. [59][84][92] Dade Behring was another case where Bain Capital received an eightfold return on its investment but the company itself was saddled with debt and laid off over a thousand employees before Bain Capital exited (the company subsequently went into bankruptcy, with more layoffs, before recovering and prospering). [207] Romney subsequently vetoed a bill on pro-life grounds that expanded access to emergency contraception in hospitals and pharmacies; the legislature overrode the veto. [170][173] He responded with ads that accused O'Brien of being a failed watchdog for state pension fund losses in the stock market and that associated her husband, a former lobbyist, with the Enron scandal. Mary Fallin on Wednesday formally and fully endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, saying she will do all she can to On the morning of January 6, protesters assembled at the "Save America" rally on the Ellipse, where Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and several members of Congress addressed the crowd fueling the conspiracy theories about election fraud. [231], McCain's win in South Carolina and Romney's in his childhood home Michigan set up a pivotal battle in the January 29 Florida primary. [81][82][83], Initially, Bain Capital focused on venture capital investments. He was the only Republican in the Senate to vote for any of the articles. [21] He participated in his father's successful 1962 Michigan gubernatorial campaign,[24] and later worked as an intern in the governor's office. [57][61], After receiving his JDMBA from Harvard, Romney passed the Michigan bar exam but decided to pursue a career in business rather than law. [167][182] He increased a special gasoline retailer fee by $0.02 per US gallon ($0.0053/l), generating about $60 million per year in additional revenue. "Mitt Romney was 'severely conservative', he tells CPAC". The Washington Post. ^ Phillips, Frank (December 22, 2005). "Romney says media distort his views: insists positions moderate in US, except in Mass". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. ^ Cohen, Tom (February 28, 2012). "Romney wins Michigan and Arizona". [223][241] These resources, combined with the mid-year near-collapse of nominal front-runner John McCain's campaign, made Romney a threat to win the nomination and the focus of the other candidates' attacks. [345][346] Israeli Prime Minister (and former BCG colleague) Benjamin Netanyahu embraced Romney, though some Palestinians criticized him for suggesting that Israel's culture led to their greater economic success. 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