Former Massachusetts governor Romney succeeded where his father, George, and others, including Senators Orrin Hatch and Mo Udall, did not.u00a0Mitt Romney who lost the Republican nomination to John McCain in 2008 is also the third presidential nominee from Massachusetts in the last quarter century, joining Democrats Michael Dukakis in 1988 and John Kerry in 2004. The last Republican nominee from Massachusetts was Calvin Coolidge, in 1924.

Romney, who led the pack when he announced his second run for the White House last June, got the required 1,144 delegates for the Republican nomination with a win Tuesday in Texas, the lone state to vote this week.