Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign
Campaign for election of Herman Cain as U.S. president in 2012 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2012 presidential campaign of Herman Cain, an American businessman and radio host, began shortly after the 2010 midterm elections. He ran for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
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Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2012 |
Candidate | Herman Cain of Georgia Businessman Radio talk-show host Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. |
Affiliation | Republican Party |
Status | Inactive |
Announced | May 21, 2011 |
Suspended | December 3, 2011 |
Headquarters | Stockbridge, Georgia |
Key people | Mark Block (chief of staff) Dan Tripp (national field director)[1][2] Jeffrey D. Gordon (vice president for communications)[3] Rich Lowrie, Charles Kadlec (economic advisers)[4][5] C. Everett Koop (health issues adviser)[6] |
Receipts | US$16,838,802 (2012-06-30) |
Slogan | Let's Get Real |
Theme song | I Am America by Krista Branch (video)[7] |
Website | |
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Although he was frequently mentioned as a possible candidate, Cain stopped short of a full-fledged candidacy before the beginning of 2011. Although he was characterized as a Washington outsider, as of October 19, 2011, polls showed him to be one of the front runners in the Republican primaries.[8]
Cain spent a considerable amount of time campaigning throughout the early primary states (particularly Iowa and New Hampshire) for most of 2010. Nearly two weeks after the beginning of the year, Cain filed his organization with the Federal Elections Commission as an exploratory committee, under the name Friends of Herman Cain. Cain was a supporter of the Tea Party movement. He was in favor of the gold standard.[9]
Cain ran as a Washington outsider and became a front-runner in the race in the fall of 2011. However, Cain's support plummeted after several women alleged that he had engaged in sexual harassment or, in one case, a 13-year extramarital affair. Cain and his wife unequivocally said the accusations were false, but Cain, citing the toll the allegations had taken on his family and his political support, suspended his campaign on December 3, 2011.[10][11]