Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016.
Romney, who was a Republican candidate in the 2008 election and the 2012 nominee, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday it’s now time for someone else to lead a campaign.
The former Massachusetts governor also told the TODAY Show during an interview last month that he had no plans to run for president again. But he did argue that other candidates could defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she chooses to run.
Contrary to Romney’s speculation, Clinton led potential Democratic candidates in a hypothetical 2016 presidential primary with 73% of the public’s votes. Her six-to-one-lead was the largest recorded for a possible early-primary match-up, according to the poll. But the race for the Republican party was divided with no clear front-runner. Netflix recently released Mitt, a 90-minute documentary that focuses on the trials and tribulations endured by the two-time presidential candidate and his family.
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