--- title: Mitt Romney is Considering a 2016 White House Bid description: If Romney enters the primaries, it'll be his third bid for the White House canonical: https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-09T22:43:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:27:30.910Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mitt Romney is Considering a 2016 White House Bid og:description: It would be his third. og:url: https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16bc957e92fd6f1b/6987794055a8594315a852fd/mitt-romney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Campaigns In Michigan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mitt Romney is Considering a 2016 White House Bid twitter:description: It would be his third. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16bc957e92fd6f1b/6987794055a8594315a852fd/mitt-romney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mitt Romney Says He's Considering Another Presidential Run by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jan 9, 2015 10:43 PM UTC  Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Lansing Community College on May 8, 2012 in Lansing, Mi. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Lansing Community College on May 8, 2012 in Lansing, Mi.Bill Pugliano—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jan 9, 2015 10:43 PM UTC Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney [told a group of donors](http://www.wsj.com/articles/romney-tells-donors-he-is-considering-2016-white-house-bid-1420839312) Friday that he is considering a bid for the White House in 2016, according to a new report, little more than two years after his failed campaign in 2012. The _Wall Street Journal_, citing unnamed people who were in the New York meeting with donors, reports that Romney cited the longterm health of the economy and unrest overseas as reasons he might run again. Many are skeptical Romney will actually pull the trigger on another national campaign, which would be his third. [Read more at the _Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/romney-tells-donors-he-is-considering-2016-white-house-bid-1420839312) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/"},"headline":"Mitt Romney Says He's Considering Another Presidential Run","datePublished":"2015-01-09T22:43:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:27:30.910Z","description":"It would be his third","url":"https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16bc957e92fd6f1b/6987794055a8594315a852fd/mitt-romney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16bc957e92fd6f1b/6987794055a8594315a852fd/mitt-romney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Campaigns In Michigan","caption":"GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Campaigns In Michigan","creditText":"Bill Pugliano—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3662467/mitt-romney-2016-donors/","name":"Mitt Romney Says He's Considering Another Presidential Run"}}]}] ```