Romney's running mate was Paul Ryan.
Paul Ryan , US Congressman from Wisconsin, ran with Romney for VP in 2012.
Paul Ryan , US Congressman from Wisconsin, ran with Romney for VP in 2012.
No, the first Mormon to run for president was Joseph Smith, during the 1844 election. Mitt Romney's father, George, ran for president in the 1968 election, Mitt Romney ran in 2008 and 2012, and another Mormon, Jon Huntsman, also ran for president in 2012. Mitt Romney is the first Mormon to be chosen as a major party candidate.
Mr. Romney ran for senate but lost. He was, however, a former governor, from Massachusetts. Mr. Obama ran for senate and won, in the state of Illinois. He served first as a state senator and then as a U.S. senator.
Romney was the government of Massachusetts. Before that he ran an large investment firm, Bain Capital.
Mitt Romney ran for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts in 1994. He ran for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, and ran for President of the United States in 2008. He also has announced his exploratory committee for another Presidential run in 2012.
The first Mormon to run for president was Joseph Smith, during the 1844 election. Mitt Romney's father, George, ran for president in the 1968 election, Mitt Romney ran in 2008 and 2012, and another Mormon, Jon Huntsman, also ran for president in 2012. Mitt Romney is the first Mormon to be chosen as a major party candidate.I don't believe any have. There has been other Christians that ran for president such as Abraham Lincoin, George Washington, George Bush, and Ronald Regan.
Because his father, George Romney, ran for president in 1968 and didn't win, so Mitt wants to succeed where his father failed.
George Romney ran for, but failed to win, the Republican nomination in 1964 and 1968, receiving the votes of just 3% of the delegates in '64 and 4% in '68. His son Mitt Romney won the Republican nomination in 2012 but lost the election.
Senator John McCain ran against Barack Obama for what became Obama's second term.
Mitt Romney was the Republican presidential nominee running against incumbent Democrat Barak Obama in 2012. Mitt Romney is a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are commonly nicknamed "Mormons".
Senator John McCain ran against Barack Obama for what became Obama's second term.