Mitt Romney tells donors he's mulling a 2016 presidential run

Mitt Romney tells donors he's mulling a 2016 presidential run
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Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told a group of high-profile donors today that he's considering a 2016 presidential run, The Wall Street Journal reports.

While Romney had previously told reporters that he wasn't interested in running again, it appears that he's changed his mind, and cited unrest abroad and the health of the economy as reasons that he may be compelled to step into the race.

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.