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Mitt Romney is endorsing Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) in his contested primary for the Senate.

"Connie Mack is a friend, a strong conservative and the type of principled leader we need in Washington to restore fiscal responsibility. By electing Connie Mack, the people of Florida will be sending a clear message to [incumbent] Senator [Bill] Nelson [(D-Fla.)] and President Obama that their failed policies have not worked to change the borrow and spend ways of Washington," Romney said in a statement Wednesday.

Mack is locked in a tough primary battle with former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.), a former chief of staff to Gov. Charlie Crist who was appointed in September of 2009 to serve out the remainder of former Sen. Mel Martinez's (R-Fla.) term.

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