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- NAME: Jon Huntsman
- OCCUPATION: Diplomat, Governor
- BIRTH DATE: March 26, 1960 (Age: 53)
- EDUCATION: Highland High School, University of Pennsylvania, University of Utah
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Palo Alto, California
- Full Name: John Meade Huntsman, Jr.
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
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Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and U.S. Ambassador to China became a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President in 2012.
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He wasn't able to distinguish himself from fellow moderate Mitt Romney, and couldn't attract the supporters from the religious right.
Shortly after a disappointing third-place finish in the 2012 New Hampshire Republican Primary, Huntsman resigned from the race. He chastised his fellow candidates, and the race itself, for the personal attacks and negative campaigning. "At its core, the Republican Party is a party of ideas,
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but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause."
While he endorsed Mitt Romney for president, Huntsman has continued to critize his party. He has refused to attend the 2012 Republican Convention, telling the Salt Lake City Tribune that he will not go this or any future party convention "until the party focuses on a bigger, bolder, more confident future for the United States—a future based on problem solving, inclusiveness, and a willingness to address the trust deficit, which is every bit as corrosive as our fiscal and economic deficits."
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