Washington • Mitt Romney has chosen a longtime aide, who is also the treasurer of President Donald Trump’s campaign, to head up his financial accounting for his his Senate bid in Utah, a new filing with the Federal Election Commission shows.
Crate has worked for Romney since he first ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and worked in his gubernatorial office after Romney won. He subsequently was the chief financial officer of Romney’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. Crate’s brother, Darrell, was Romney’s treasurer during those bids as well.
Trump and Romney have had a back-and-forth relationship over the years.