Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2012 |
| Candidate |
Mitt Romney 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) Paul Ryan U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1999–present) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2015-present) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced candidacy: June 2, 2011 Presumptive Nominee: April 25, 2012 Official Nominee: August 28, 2012 Lost Election: November 6, 2012 |
| Headquarters | 585 Commercial Street Boston, Massachusetts |
| Key people |
Matt Rhoades(Manager) Beth Myers, Peter Flaherty and Eric Fehrnstrom(Advisors) Stuart Stevens (Strategist) Ashley O'Connor (Director of Advertising) Rich Beeson (Political Director) Lanhee Chen (Policy Director) Gail Gitcho(Communications Director) Andrea Saul(Press secretary) Spencer J. Zwick (Finance chair) Kathryn Biber (General Counsel) Lindsay Hayes (Speech writer) Neil Newhouse (Pollster) |
| Receipts | US$483,452,331 (2012-12-31) |
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| Website | |
| Mitt Romney 2012 | |
 Video of relevant Obama quote
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Full Remarks at Roanoke, VA (full transcript) July 13, 2012. |
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"Mitt Romney on Obama Voters", Mother Jones. |
The Mitt Romney presidential campaign of 2012 officially began on June 2, 2011, when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney formally announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States, at an event in Stratham, New Hampshire. Having previously run in the 2008 Republican primaries, this was Romney's second campaign for the presidency.
He filed his organization with the Federal Elections Commission as an exploratory committee and announced the organization in a video message on April 11, 2011. He became the party's presumptive nominee with his victory in the Texas primary on May 29, 2012.
On August 11, 2012, in Norfolk, Virginia, Romney announced that Paul Ryan, the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, would be his running mate for vice president. (Later, in October 2015, he was elected Speaker of the House.)
On August 30, 2012, in Tampa, Florida, Romney formally accepted the Republican Party's nomination at the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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