Thursday, 16 June 2011

Michele Bachmann files paperwork to run for president

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced Monday night that she has filed the necessary paperwork to run for the presidency in 2012.

After months of weighing a campaign and making frequent visits to the early-voting states, Bachmann said at the beginning of Monday’s presidential debate that she would launch a presidential bid. Bachmann said she would make a formal announcement shortly and she would be the first female president in the nation’s history if she were ultimately elected.

Read the full story at the Washington Post

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