Ronna Romney née Ronna Eileen Stern, (born September 24, 1943) is a Michigan

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 Republican

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 politician

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 and radio talk show host.

Biography

She has twice been a candidate for U.S. Senator

United States Senate

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. In 1994, she narrowly lost the primary to Spencer Abraham

Spencer Abraham

Edmund Spencer Abraham is a former United States Senator from Michigan. He served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy, serving under President George W. Bush. Abraham is one of the founders of the Federalist Society....

; in 1996, she defeated party favorite Jim Nicholson

Jim Nicholson

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 to win the Republican nomination, but lost the general election to incumbent Senator Carl Levin

Carl Levin

Carl Milton Levin is a Jewish-American United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

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From 1984 to 1992, she was a member of the Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

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 from Michigan; she was an alternate delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention

1988 Republican National Convention

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From 1989 to 1993, she served as Chairperson of the President's Commission on White House Fellows

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hips. From 1982 to 1985, she served as Commissioner of the Presidents' National Advisory Council on Adult Education.

Romney has been on the Board Directors of Molina Healthcare

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 since 1999. She has also served on the Board of Directors for Park-Ohio Holding Corporation, a publicly-traded logistics company, since 1999.

Ronna is the ex-wife of G. Scott Romney

G. Scott Romney

George Scott Romney is an American Republican politician and lawyer in the state of Michigan. He formerly sat on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. A member of the Pratt-Romney family—a well-known political family in Michigan—he is the son of former Michigan Governor...

 and hence the former daughter-in-law of Michigan governor George Romney

George W. Romney

George Wilcken Romney was an American businessman and Republican Party politician. He was chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973...

 and his wife Lenore Romney

Lenore Romney

Lenore LaFount Romney was the former First Lady of Michigan and later a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1970 from Michigan. Her husband, George Romney was the former Governor of Michigan, presidential candidate in 1968 and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...

. In 1994, her ex-father-in-law pointedly endorsed her opponent in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. Former Massachusetts

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 governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

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 was her brother-in-law. Terry Rakolta

Terry Rakolta

Terry Rakolta led a boycott against the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married... with Children.A Mother Is Heard as Sponsors Abandon a TV Hit New York Times Born Terry Lynn Stern, she is the sister of Ronna Romney, former daughter-in-law of former Michigan governor George Romney. Rakolta's...

is her sister.