Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign

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On June 2, 2011, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 election. Having previously run in the 2008 Republican primaries, this was Romney's second campaign for the presidency. He filed his organization with the Federal Election 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 long-time U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, would be his running mate for vice president. 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 election...

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