Bachmann to Endorse Romney at Campaign Event Tomorrow, Aide Says

Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann will endorse Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination tomorrow, a Romney campaign official said.

Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman who dropped out of the presidential race on Jan. 4 after finishing sixth in the Iowa caucuses, will deliver the endorsement as Romney campaigns in Virginia, said the official who wasn’t authorized to make a public announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is his party’s presumptive nominee with only Representative Ron Paul of Texas left in the race. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich exited the race today.

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Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican from Minnesota and former GOP presidential candidate, left, talks to Al Hunt, executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News, before an interview in Washington on Feb. 3, 2012.

Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican from Minnesota and former GOP presidential candidate, left, talks to Al Hunt, executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News, before an interview in Washington on Feb. 3, 2012. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about Republican presidential candidates and issues facing the U.S. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols and Julie Davis report on the primaries and economy. Greg Cosell, senior producer at NFL Films Inc., discusses the outlook for this Sunday's Super Bowl. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O'Beirne talk about Donald Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney. (Source: Bloomberg)