7th District Congressman Billy Long is endorsing former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for President. Up til now, the freshman lawmaker from Springfield has been silent on who he would back as a candidate, saying he wanted to see how the campaign progressed. Long is in his first term representing Southwest Missouri, including Stone and Taney Counties. He was elected in the 2010 tea-party movement, to the seat formerly held by Senator Roy Blunt, who also serves as Romney’s Campaign liaison on Capitol Hill. Romney is the first non-incumbent Republican to win both the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary.
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7th District Congressman Billy Long is endorsing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for President. Long is in his first term representing Southwest Missouri, including Stone andTaneyCounties. He was elected in the 2010 tea-party movement, to the seat formerly held by Senator Roy Blunt, who also serves as Romney’s Campaign liaison on Capitol Hill.