Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman who served as Massachusetts governor from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

Barack Obama: Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th U.S. president from 2009 to 2017. Obama defeated Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
2012 United States presidential election: The U.S. presidential election in which Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Romney’s national campaign culminated in this election.
Bain Capital: Bain Capital is an American private investment firm founded in 1984 by partners from Bain & Company. Romney co-founded the firm and led it before entering electoral politics.
Romneycare: Romneycare is the common name for Massachusetts’s 2006 health reform law signed by Governor Mitt Romney. Its state-level insurance mandate became a point of comparison with later federal health reform.
Massachusetts health care connector: The Massachusetts agency that operates the state’s health insurance marketplace and administers coverage programs. The state exchange was created under the reform Romney signed.
Paul Ryan: Paul Ryan is an American Republican politician who served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. Ryan was Romney’s running mate on the 2012 Republican presidential ticket.
Massachusetts governorship of Mitt Romney: Mitt Romney’s tenure as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. His executive record in Massachusetts became central to his presidential campaigns.
Bain & Company: Bain & Company is an American management consulting firm founded in 1973. Romney worked there before helping establish Bain Capital.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a 2010 U.S. federal law expanding health insurance coverage and regulation. Its individual mandate and insurance exchanges resembled features of Massachusetts reform, though the laws differed.
Individual mandate: An individual mandate is a legal requirement that people obtain health insurance or face a penalty. The mandate in Massachusetts reform made Romney’s record part of national health-policy debate.

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2002 Winter OlympicsRelated: He took over the organizing committee after the bid scandal and guided preparations to completion.