Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mitt Romney for President 2012 |
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| Campaign | 2012 Republican primaries 2012 U.S. presidential election |
| Candidate | Mitt Romney 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007) U.S. Senator from Utah (2019–present) Paul Ryan U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1999–2019) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2015–2019) |
| 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) |
| Slogan |  |
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. He ran in the 2008 Republican primaries, this was Romney's second campaign for the presidency.
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 long-time 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.
Romney's campaign came to an end on November 6, 2012, upon defeat by incumbent President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Romney received 60,933,500 votes, or 47.2% of the total votes cast, winning 24 states and 206 electoral votes.
Six years later, in November 2018, Romney was elected as U.S. Senator from Utah.
Images for kids
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Romney speaks with patrons at a Senate Coney Island Restaurant in Livonia, Michigan, during a campaign stop, June 9, 2011.
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Vote share for Romney, by county. Darker colors mean higher voter percentage. Black indicates no votes were cast for Romney.
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Mitt Romney with Paul Ryan after introducing him as his running mate for the 2012 presidential election, in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 11, 2012.
