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The Making of Mitt Romney

The Making of Romney

A seven-part Globe series that offers the most complete biography of Mitt Romney.
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Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)

about this candidate
born
March 12, 1947
current home
Boston, Mass.
birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
education
B.A. with Highest Honors from Brigham Young University (1971); MBA from Harvard Business School (1975), where he was named a Baker Scholar; J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School
current job
Former Governor of Massachusetts
resume highlights
President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for 2002 Winter Olympics; established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program in 2004 to reward high-achieving Massachusetts high school students with a four-year, tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public university or college; proposed and signed into law a universal healthcare law for Massachusetts residents in 2006; elected to the Chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association by his fellow Governors for the 2006 election cycle
elective offices
One term as governor of Massachusetts
family
Wife Ann and five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig, and ten grandchildren

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LOCAL > POLITICS > CANDIDATES

Romney's journey to the right

In Governor Mitt Romney's metamorphosis from social moderate to self-styled conservative presidential candidate, Nov. 9, 2004 , stands out as a seminal date. (Boston Globe, 12/17/06)
NATION

Romney defines religion's role in his life

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - In the most closely scrutinized moment of his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney declared yesterday that religion is central to his life and to America, but that he will not be a spokesman for Mormonism or serve the leaders of his church if he is elected president. (Boston Globe, 12/7/07)
NATION

Romney's '94 remarks on same-sex marriage could haunt him

Comments Governor Mitt Romney made during his 1994 Senate bid, in which he said the gay and lesbian community "needs more support from the Republican Party," resurfaced yesterday, posing a potential hurdle as he appeals to conservatives for a probable presidential campaign. (Boston Globe, 12/8/07)
LOCAL

Romney left Mass. on 212 days in '06

Laying the foundation of a presidential candidacy, Governor Mitt Romney has spent all or part of 212 days outside Massachusetts so far in 2006, an average of more than four days on the road each week, a Globe review of his public schedules shows. (Boston Globe, 12/24/06)
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