The Romney family

A father who governed Michigan and a son who governed Massachusetts, won a presidential nomination, and went to the Senate from Utah.
Michigan · Massachusetts · Utah · President · Senate · Governor
Combined career popular votes
69,118,016
Combined electoral votes
206
Members on the ballot
3
Combined W–L
5–3
Years on the ballot
1962–2018

George Romney was a three-term governor of Michigan and a 1968 presidential candidate. His wife, Lenore Romney, was Michigan’s 1970 Republican Senate nominee. Their son Mitt Romney became governor of Massachusetts, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and later a U.S. senator from Utah.

The Romney family members, ranked by career popular votes
MemberOfficesYearsCareer popular votesRecord
George W. RomneyRGovernor1962–19664,674,87130
Lenore RomneyRSenate1970858,43801
Mitt RomneyRPresident · Senate · Governor1994–201863,584,70722

How this is measured

Combined career popular votes are summed across the 3 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.

Compiled by PolitiFinder · published June 14, 2026 · sources: Data & sources.