Mitt Romney's decision not to run for another Senate term has a distant echo of his father's departure from politics five decades ago. Both the Utah senator and his father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, were top Republican contenders for the presidency but fell short of the White House.
he will not seek another term in the U.S. SenateMitt and his father, George Romney, at one time were top Republican contenders for the presidency, but fell short of the White House. Both ended their careers in elected office with a sense their party had lost its bearings. And both called for a more humane party, one that prioritizes civility and principle over resentments and score-settling.
The nation's many challenges call for a younger generation of leaders, the 76-year-old Romney said in his announcement Wednesday. He said the United states would be better served if Democratic President Joe Biden, 80, and Trump, 77, stepped aside from the 2024 campaign. George Romney was a six-year governor of Michigan in the 1960s and clashed with Barry Goldwater, the Arizona senator who was the party's 1964 presidential nominee, over the Civil Rights Act. The elder Romney was seen as a leading GOP contender for president in 1968, but his candidacy collapsed, fueled in part by a gaffe in explaining his change of position on the Vietnam War.
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney holds his grandson Dane Romney, 2, while he and his wife, Ann, wave after addressing supporters at their campaign headquarters during an election night party, June 26, 2018, in Orem, Utah. "I think we've become more suspicious of people on the other side of the aisle," he said. "In part that's the result of social media that feeds us stories and information that we find interesting through an algorithm that actually encourages resentment and anger."Romney said he's "not retiring from the fight" but did not share any specific plans for after he leaves office in January 2025.
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