G. Scott Romney
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George Scott Romney is an American Republican politician and lawyer in the state of Michigan. He sits on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. He is the son of former Michigan Governor George Romney and brother of the former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney.
[edit] Biography
The Pratt-Romney family is one of the biggest political families in Michigan, particularly notable because of the family's ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. G. Scott Romney received his BA in economics from Michigan State in 1966 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1969. In 1976, he joined the law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP in Detroit, where he continues today. He was formerly married to Ronna Romney, a former U.S. Senate candidate in 1994. He has a daughter named Madison.
[edit] Political Career
In 1998, Romney announced his candidacy for the office of Michigan Attorney General. The office had been safely held for thirty-seven years by the Democrat Frank Kelley, but Kelley announced his retirement that year, due to health reasons. Governor John Engler had previously been backing U.S. Attorney John Smietanka while the race was considered a lock for Kelley.
However, upon Kelley bowing out of the race, Engler supported Romney for the Republican nomination, ensuing a power struggle at the Michigan Republican Party convention with influential Michigan Republican and Smietanka supporter Chuck Yob. Romney lost his bid for the nomination, and Smietanka lost in the general election to the Democratic Party candidate, attorney Jennifer Granholm. The Republican Party in Michigan remains fractured today due to this convention battle.
Governor Engler subsequently appointed G. Scott Romney to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees in August, 2000. Romney ran for and won a full eight year term in November of 2000, which will expire in January, 2009.
With his brother Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, actively seeking the 2008 Republican Party nomination for President, it is unknown what role G. Scott Romney will play in his brother's campaign while his own seat is up for re-election at the same time.
