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two-time gop presidential candidate thought his campaign days were behind him. then utah senator orrin hatch decided to retire and urged romney to run for his seat. >> i did not expect to do this after i lost to barack obama, did you know i lost? yeah. >> reporter: wife ann pushed him to do it. >> she said, well you can get more done for utah and our country than the average junior senator from utah. >> reporter: romney first ran for senate a quarter century ago in massachusetts, challenging ted kennedy and losing by 17 points. he later ran for governor there and won. but key for utah, stepping in to lead the 2002 salt lake olympic committee in the wake of a priory scandal. his gop opponent calls michigan born romney a carpetbagger but his ancestors were early leaders in utah's large mormon population. >> i joke i'm a five generation

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