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His main challenger was Republican Mitt Romney. There were also third-party candidates on the ballot, such as Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and financier vulture capitalist was the Republican who ran against Obama in 2012.

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