losing his fourth straight state...
I’ve been hearing Romeny totals.... that he ran in x races, and lost y of them, but have not seen the data. So, I went to compile what I could. I believe I heard he was in 17 races... is that right? Can these possibly include each 2008 primary as another race? (17 then makes no sense, since he was in a ton of primaries).
What did Romeny run for prior to Gov? I don’t see evidence of him being a selectman, or on school committee or even dog catcher (although, he might have won at dog-bearing-animal-transporter-via-automobile).
Anyways, here is what I see... 30+ of them:
1. 1994 won Primary US Senate, 80%
2. 1994 lost US Senate, 41-58%
3. 2002 won Primary Gov, unopp
4. 2002 won Gov, 50-45%
5. 2008 lost IA, 25-34%
6. 2008 won WY
7. 2008 lost NH
8. 2008 won MI
9. 2008 won NV
10. 2008 lost SC
11. 2008 lost FL
12. 2008 won ME
13. 2008 lost AL
14. 2008 won AK
15. 2008 lost AZ
16. 2008 lost AR
17. 2008 lost CA
18. 2008 won CO
19. 2008 lost CT
20. 2008 lost DE
21. 2008 lost GA
22. 2008 lost IL
23. 2008 won MA
24. 2008 won MN
25. 2008 lost MO
26. 2008 won MT
27. 2008 lost NJ
28. 2008 lost NY
29. 2008 won ND
30. 2008 lost OK
31. 2008 lost TN
32. 2008 won UT
33. 2008 lost WV
Romney lost TN to Huckabee
Oh noez...
That's not all that good a record.