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Welcome to Michigan Radio’s coverage page for the 2012 Election.If you’re looking for more information to help with your decisions, you can read our collection of stories about key races featured below.You can also check out our Guide to the Ballot Proposals.

What can Mitt Romney learn from his father's GOP presidential campaign?

George W. Romney with son, Mitt, overlooking the Chrysler exhibit at the New York World's Fair grounds on May 18, 1964.
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George W. Romney with son, Mitt, overlooking the Chrysler exhibit at the New York World's Fair grounds on May 18, 1964.

Mitt Romney may be the current front runner for the GOP presidential nomination, but forty-four years ago his father George Romney was in a similar position. Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry gives us a historical perspective and explains the similarities and differences between the two Romneys and the two eras.

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