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Mitt Romney

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Republican · 1947–

Mitt Romney

United States senator · Governor of Massachusetts · senator

Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2012 presidential election.

On the Ballot

One presidential run
2012Lost47.2% of the vote · 206 EV · v. Barack Obama

Strongest counties, 2012

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Madison, ID94.2%14,412
Franklin, ID94.1%5,600
Roberts, TX93.4%508
Glasscock, TX92.3%578
Hansford, TX91.8%1,962

Weakest counties, 2012

Countytwo-party sharevotes
Oglala Lakota, SD6.0%3,145
Bronx, NY7.4%370,894
District of Columbia, DC7.4%293,764
Prince George's, MD9.3%387,744
Petersburg City, VA9.7%15,908