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Tampa, the Republicans crown Romney: he will challenge Obama in November

Now it's official: Mitt Romney has been nominated by the Republican Party for president of the United States – This was decided by the 4.400 delegates who attended the Convention in Tampa, Florida.

Tampa, the Republicans crown Romney: he will challenge Obama in November

My Romney it was officially candidate from the Republican Party to the presidency of the United States for the elections on November 6, when he will challenge the current occupant of the White House, Barack Obama, favored by the polls to win a second term. Romney's indication came from the majority of the 4.400 delegates who attended the Convention in Tampa, Florida.

The Republican candidate only appeared at the end of the speech wife Ann who spoke of the years spent alongside her husband and their long marriage, calling on delegates and Americans to “give Mitt the chance” to lead the country, and gaining the attention and approval of the audience.

Romney, 65 and former governor of Massachusetts, had already been running for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2008 elections but had then announced that he was giving up the candidacy, definitively paving the way for John McCain. The son of ex-Michigan Governor George Romney, Mitt also headed the organization for the 19th Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City in 2002.

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