Report: Mitt Romney 'almost certainly' will run for president in 2016
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Mitt Romney told one "senior Republican" that he "almost certainly" will run for president in 2016, according to The Washington Post.
The former Massachusetts governor, who said Friday he was considering a third run at the White House, reportedly raced over the weekend and into Monday to contact his former aides and donors, suggesting he had changed his mind after months of insisting he would not run again. When asked last year if he would run in 2016, Romney told The New York Times, "Oh, no, no, no."
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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.
