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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 | |
| HermanCain.com (archived - November 27, 2011) | |
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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.
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]
- ^ "Talent and Organization – Building Towards 2012". P2012.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Herman Cain : Pictures, Videos, Breaking News". Politico. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Herman Cain's Communications Director Resigns". Fox News. October 1, 2011.
- ^ Niquette, Mark (October 14, 2011). "Cain Adviser Says 9–9–9 Plan Didn't Take an Economist to Create". The San Francisco Chronicle. Bloomberg News.
- ^ Kadlec, Charles (October 17, 2011), "Why I Support Herman Cain For President", Forbes
- ^ Adamy, Janet (October 15, 2011). "On Health Care, Cain Returns Home". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Wyatt, Edward (October 16, 2011). "Song Adopted by Cain's Campaign Also Aims to Be a Tea Party Anthem". The New York Times.
- ^ Polls: Romney, Cain compete at top in key battleground states 2011/10/19
- ^ "Herman Cain: Return To The Gold Standard". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ^ "Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign, Cites 'Hurt' Caused by 'False' Allegations". Fox News. December 3, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- ^ McCaffrey, Shannon (December 2, 2011). "Cain suspends campaign shifting GOP race". The Washington Times. Retrieved December 3, 2011.