[169][194], On April 12, 2006, Romney signed the resulting Massachusetts health reform law, commonly called "Romneycare", which requires nearly all Massachusetts residents to buy health insurance coverage or face escalating tax penalties, such as the loss of their personal income tax exemption. [205][206], In 2005, Romney revealed a change of view regarding abortion, moving from the abortion rights positions expressed during his 1994 and 2002 campaigns to an anti-abortion one in opposition to Roe v. [170][172][173] Television ads highlighting the effort, as well as one portraying his family in gushing terms and showing him shirtless,[172] received a poor public response and were a factor in his Democratic opponent, Massachusetts State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien, leading in the polls as late as mid-October. It has been likened to the speech of John F. Kennedy on his Catholicism. [386] They also gained long-sought permission to replace their La Jolla home with a much bigger one, including a car elevator that had brought some derision during the 2012 campaign. In doing so, he became only the third person ever to be elected governor of one state and U.S. senator for another state. [220][222], The campaign emphasized Romney's highly profitable career in the business world and his stewardship of the 2002 Olympics. On 3 January 2019, he took office. Benjamin (1978) and Craig (1981) were born after Romney had begun his career. [262] Behind in the polls, McCain opted instead for a high-risk, high-reward "game changer", Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. [188][189], The state legislature, with the governor's support, cut spending by $1.6 billion, including $700 million in reductions in state aid to cities and towns. [14][36] Rules against drinking, smoking, and dating were strictly enforced. "[464] Trump mocked Romney, saying, "Tremendous sincerity, what a guy. [385]) Romney began working as executive partner group chairman for Solamere Capital, a private capital firm in Boston owned by his son Tagg. [480] On January 26, Republican senator Rand Paul of Kentucky introduced a motion to dismiss the impeachment charge. Romney is the first senator to vote to remove a president of his own party from office. My job was to try and make the enterprise successful, and in my view the best security a family can have is that the business they work for is strong. College, France mission, marriage, and children, First impeachment of Donald Trump (20192020), Second impeachment of Donald Trump (2021), Commission to investigate attack on Capitol, Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, 2012 Republican nominee for President of the United States, Pranks conducted by Romney during his Cranbrook years included, Pranks conducted by Romney during his Stanford years included dressing as a police officer and pretending to arrest people. "[18] In 1953, the family moved from Detroit to the affluent suburb of Bloomfield Hills and his father became the chairman and CEO of American Motors the following year and helped the company avoid bankruptcy and return to profitability. Fallout from the vote included Romney's being formally censured by various Republican organizations outside of Utah; in comparison, anger against Romney among Republicans within Utah was more muted, and his impeachment vote, according to opinion polling, was supported by Utah Democrats. [49] They married on March 21, 1969, in a civil ceremony in Bloomfield Hills and the next day, they flew to Utah for a Mormon wedding ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple; Ann had converted to the faith while he was away. [357][358][359] Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, called Romney's position "dated" and said Russia had been an ally in solving problems,[360] while Joe Biden, then vice president, accused Romney of having a "Cold War mentality" and being "uninformed" on foreign policy. [496][497] He promised that the loss of government revenue from these tax cuts would be offset by closing loopholes and placing limits on tax deductions and credits available to taxpayers with the highest incomes,[497] but said that that aspect of the plan could not yet be evaluated because details would have to be worked out with Congress. [345][346] Israeli Prime Minister (and former BCG colleague) Benjamin Netanyahu embraced Romney, though some Palestinians criticized him for suggesting that Israel's culture led to their greater economic success. Romney has said he will "absolutely not" support Trump for president in the future. [338] Romney clinched a majority of the delegates with a win in the Texas primary on May 29. [286] Romney donated his earnings from the book to charity. [167][182] Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget; the legislature overrode all the vetoes. [343] In his concession speech to his supporters, he said, "Like so many of you, Paul and I have left everything on the field. [287], Immediately after the March 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Romney attacked the landmark legislation as "an unconscionable abuse of power" and said it should be repealed. Senator Romney voted in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, the government funding bill, which includes measures he fought for this Congress to benefit Utah. [21] He participated in his father's successful 1962 Michigan gubernatorial campaign,[24] and later worked as an intern in the governor's office. [272][nb 17], In 2009, the Romneys sold their primary residence in Belmont and their ski chalet in Utah, leaving them an estate along Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and an oceanfront home in the La Jolla district of San Diego, California, which they had bought the year before. [70] He agreed with some requests from a liberal women's group that published Exponent II calling for changes in the way the church dealt with women, but he clashed with women he felt were departing too much from doctrine. [59][60] As a result, he enrolled in the recently created four-year joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. 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Romney felt restless as the decade neared a close; making more money held little attraction for him. [27][155] It solidified his reputation as a "turnaround artist,"[140][156][157] and Harvard Business School taught a case study based around his actions. [100][103] He did not involve himself in the firm's day-to-day operations or the investment decisions of its new private equity funds. ", American political opinion periodically looked towards industry for business managers who it was thought could straighten out what was held to be wrong in the nation's capital. Another great-great-grandfather, Parley P. Pratt, helped lead the early church. [416] As the race went on, there was some evidence that tactical voting was occurring, and some partial arrangements were formed among candidates,[417][418] but by May 3, Trump had defeated all his opponents and became the party's presumptive nominee. [44] By the end of his stint in December 1968, he was overseeing the work of 175 others. [162] On March 19, 2002, Swift announced she would not seek her party's nomination, and hours later Romney declared his candidacy,[162] for which he would face no opposition in the primary. [372] He and his senior campaign staff had disbelieved public polls showing Obama narrowly ahead and had thought they were going to win until the vote tallies began to be reported on election night. [453][454][455] Romney voted in favor of the first of the two articles of impeachment, which charged Trump with abuse of power, but against convicting him on obstruction of Congress. [100][103] He retained his position on several boards of directors during this time and regularly returned to Massachusetts to attend meetings. [211] Midway through his term, Romney decided that he wanted to stage a full-time run for president,[212] and on December 14, 2005, he announced that he would not seek reelection as governor. [368], The election took place on November 6, and Obama was projected the winner at about 11:14 pm Eastern Standard Time. [299][301], On June 2, 2011, Romney formally announced the start of his campaign. Although his victories were not enough to end the race, they were enough to establish a two-to-one delegate lead over Santorum. The objection was defeated on a 5545 vote; Romney was one of the five Republicans to vote against it, along with Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey. [19] By 1959, his father had become a nationally known figure in print and on television,[20] and Mitt idolized him. [412][413][414], Romney encouraged Republicans to engage in tactical voting, by supporting whichever of the remaining rivals had the best chance to beat Trump in any given state. [110] After the destruction of the Belmont meetinghouse by a fire of suspicious origins in 1984, he forged links with other religious institutions, allowing the congregation to rotate its meetings to other houses of worship during the reconstruction of the Belmont building. [216][218], Romney filed to register a presidential campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission on his penultimate day in office as governor. "[355][356] At the time an innocuous response to a foreign policy question, it became a focal point for Democratic attacks on Romney during the campaign. [93] Within about a year, he led Bain & Company to a return to profitability. 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[26] He registered as an Independent[50] and voted in the 1992 presidential primaries for the Democratic former senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas. [59] He opted out of the Artisan Entertainment deal, not wanting to profit from a studio that produced R-rated films. Willard Mitt Romney[6] was born on March 12, 1947, at Harper University Hospital in Detroit, Michigan,[7] one of four children born to automobile executive George W. Romney and former actress and homemaker Lenore Romney (ne LaFount). [88], During his business career, Romney held several positions in the church's local lay clergy. 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[354][367] That debate overshadowed Obama's improved presentation in the next two debates later in October, and Romney maintained a small advantage in the debates when seen as a whole. [288][289][290], In nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, Romney led or placed in the top three with Palin and Huckabee. He did not seek reelection in 2006, focusing instead on his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. [458][459][460] Romney was praised by many for voting not by his party allegiances, but by his belief about whether Trump abused his power. [59][94][95], Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital from November 1993 to November 1994 to run for U.S. [nb 18], Romney released his book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, in March 2010, and undertook an 18-state book tour to promote it. 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