Michele Bachmann 2012 presidential campaign

Michele Bachmann for President 2012
Campaign2012 U.S. presidential election
CandidateMichele Bachmann
U.S. Representative from Minnesota (2007–2015)
AffiliationRepublican Party
StatusAnnounced: June 13, 2011
Suspended: January 4, 2012
HeadquartersWoodbury, Minnesota
Key peopleKeith Nahigian (manager)
Alice Stewart (press secretary)
Brett O'Donnell, Bob Heckman, Becki Donatelli, and Marcus Bachmann (advisors)
Jody Thomas and Mary Heitman (finance directors)
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ReceiptsUS$18,007,604 (2011-07-25)
Website
MicheleBachmann.com
(archived - July 21, 2011)

The 2012 presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann, Congresswoman of Minnesota, began in June 2011. She ran for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president of the United States. Bachmann announced she was running for president during the CNN Republican primary debate held June 13, 2011, and made her formal announcement two weeks later in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa.[3]

She suspended her campaign on January 4, 2012, after coming in sixth at the 2012 Iowa caucus elections.

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  3. ^ Staff (June 13, 2011). "Rep. Michele Bachmann Makes Presidential Run Official". CNN. Retrieved July 15, 2011.