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George Romney ran for the 1968 Republican Party nomination in the 1968 United States presidential election. Romney was the Governor of Michigan and automaker who focused his campaign on the issues of fiscal responsibility, welfare reform, and the Vietnam War. [1] If elected, he would have been the first Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") president.
In the 1968 presidential election, American Independent Party candidate George Wallace became the second third-party presidential candidate to win Arkansas. [9] Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote; [10] Bill Clinton, its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 percent ...
George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973.
George Romney 186 Ronald Reagan 182 2 John V. Lindsay 10 Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes 55 — Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke 1 Michigan Governor George Romney 50 — James A. Rhodes 1 New Jersey Senator Clifford Case 22 — Not voting 16 Kansas Senator Frank Carlson 20 — — Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller 18 — — Hawaii ...
The 1968 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 1968 as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. American Independent candidate George Wallace won the state of Arkansas with 235,627 votes, with Republican Richard Nixon winning 189,062 and Democrat Hubert Humphrey winning 184,901.
Mitt Romney won all 75 counties in Arkansas. As a result, all 33 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the [presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the nominee.
George Romney 186 Ronald Reagan 182 2 John V. Lindsay 10 Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes 55 — Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke 1 Michigan Governor George Romney 50 — James A. Rhodes 1 New Jersey Senator Clifford Case 22 — Not Voting 16 Kansas Senator Frank Carlson 20 — — Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller 18 — — Hawaii ...
Endorsements of statesmen and celebrities are also important to candidates. Late in the Republican race cycle, Romney toured Israel and Poland after a visit to the London 2012 Olympics. He received the endorsement of former president of Poland Lech Wałęsa, [3] and soon after, the endorsement of actor Clint Eastwood. [4]