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Wed 02 Feb 2007Ex-governor Romney enters presidential raceUS:Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, hoping to become the first Mormon president in American history.The 59-year-old former venture capitalist is less well known than rivals John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, but he is a prodigious fundraiser, and has already won more endorsements from congressional representatives than any other Republican candidate.