292: Mitt Romney/Brian Sandoval - 49.2%
246: Hillary Clinton/Evan Bayh - 46.2%
President-Elect Mitt Romney, January 3, 2013. The day his full Cabinet list was given out.- Howard Dean, in his writing of
The Unlucky Days of the Second Clinton[quote]We had never before dreamed of having a diverse Republican administration. It was considered diverse when the Secretary of State, Treasurer of the United States, and National Security Advisor were all three minorities under George W. Bush. However, Romney recognized the chance to have a historic Cabinet after Hispanics voted 38% for him, and African-Americans gave eleven percent of their vote share to him. After conducting many interviews, he decided to include Leavitt, Huntsman, Rice, and Sandoval on the decisions for the Cabinet.
He himself eliminated many choices and found places for others. While we expected a rather diverse Cabinet, we were fully and absolutely surprised by what it looked like in the end...[//quote]
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Romney’s Inner Circle, by former Press Secretary Megan McCain
Secretary of State: Jendayi Frazer(Deputy: A. Elizabeth Jones)
Secretary of the Treasury: Anna Escobedo Cabral(Deputy: R. Glenn Hubbard)
Secretary of Defense: Condoleezza Rice(Deputy: Deborah Lee James)
Attorney General: Erika Harold(Deputy: Wan Kim)
Secretary of the Interior: Ryan Zinke(Deputy: Julie Lillie)
Secretary of Agriculture: Devin Nunez(Deputy: Charles F. Conner)
Secretary of Commerce: Meg Whitman(Deputy: Susan Schwab)
Secretary of Labor: Gaddi Vasquez(Deputy: Anna Burger)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Mia Love(Deputy: Jennifer Ho)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Tevi Troy(Deputy: Jim Bennett)
Secretary of Education: Shavar Jeffries(Deputy: Eugene W. Hickok)
Secretary of Energy: Lynn P. Scarlett(Deputy: Allison Macfarlane)
Secretary of Transportation: Joseph Lhota(Deputy: Matt Driscoll)
Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs: Heather French Henry(Deputy: Leo Mackay)
Secretary of Homeland Security: Gabriel Gomez(Deputy: Greg Kelly)
Ambassador to the United Nations: Richard Grenell
National Security Advisor: Zalmay Khalilzad
Chief of Staff: Mike Leavitt
U. S. Trade Representative: John Huntsman Jr.
Senior Advisors: Mitch Daniels, Christine Todd Whitman, John Avlon
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors: Kristin Forbes
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Rosario Marin
Ambassador to Russia: R. Nicholas Burns
Director of National Intelligence: Frances Townsend
Press Secretary: Megan McCain
[quote]I was surprised by my role in the administration. President Romney was always friendly to his entire Cabinet, and I know that even Gabriel [Gomez] or John [Huntsman], with low ranking Cabinet positions, could easily get his ear. An open administration that gave a good deal of power to his Cabinet was unprecedented. I can still recall that first day in the first June of his administration, when Justice Kennedy told the President he was considering retiring. The very next day, the President called in all four of the top Secretaries, Advisor Khalilzad, Leavitt, Daniels, Whitman, McCain, and Avlon. We were surprised that he wanted the advice of all of us, and I remember that meeting perfectly... [/ quote]
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The Happy Days of the Romney Administration, by Condoleezza Rice
