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Jennifer Carroll - Mitt Romney has called on several Black leaders and politicians to stump for him. Meet his Black Leadership Council. —Jonathan Hicks Jennifer Carroll is the lieutenant governor of Florida. The Trinidadian-born politician is the first African-American official elected to statewide office in Florida. (Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/LANDOV)

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Allen West - Allen West is a congressman from Florida. He is the first Black Republican congressman from that state since Reconstruction. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Tim Scott - Tim Scott is a congressman from South Carolina. He is the first Republican congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction. (Photo: timscott.house.gov)

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Stefani Carter - Stefani Carter is a state representative in Texas, where she represents parts of Dallas and its northern suburbs. She is the first Black Republican woman to serve in the Texas legislature. (Photo: Facebook)

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Mia Love - Mia Love is the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. She is the Republican candidate for Congress in Utah’s 4th congressional district. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Michael Williams - Michael Williams is the commissioner of education in Texas. He is the first African-American Texan to hold a statewide elected executive office. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Kay Coles - Kay Coles is president and founder of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African-Americans. She previously served as director for the United States Office of Personnel Management. (Photo: georgeallen.com)

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Artur Davis - Artur Davis is a former congressman from Alabama who changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 2012. He lost a 2010 Democratic primary for governor. (Photo: Facebook)

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Bill Hardiman - Bill Hardiman is a Michigan state senator who previously served as vice president of rehabilitation for Goodwill Industries. (Photo: Michigan Legislative Black Caucus)

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Linda Lee Tarver - Linda Tarver serves as ethnic vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party. She is an active member of the Mid-Michigan Republican Women’s Club. (Photo: Facebook)

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Renee Amoore - Renee Amoore was elected to the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee in 1992 and became its deputy chair in 1996. (Photo: philly.com)

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Clarence E. Mingo - Clarence Mingo is the auditor in Franklin County, Ohio. In 2007, he was appointed as a commissioner in the Ohio Court of Claims. (Photo: franklincountyauditor.com)

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Ryan L. Frazier - Ryan L. Frazier, the managing director of a consulting firm, is a former member of the Aurora City Council and was the Republican candidate for a congressional seat in Colorado in 2010. (Photo: denverpost.com)

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Leondray Gholston - Leondray Gholston is a former vice chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Gholston has been active at all levels of Colorado Republican politics and has worked on campaigns throughout the state.  (Photo: csmrepublicans.org)

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Glenn McCall - Glenn McCall has served as second vice chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and chairman of the Republican Party in York County in that state.  (Photo: glennmccall.com)

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Ada Fisher - Ada Fisher is a retired physician in North Carolina who has frequently run for office as a Republican. She challenged Congressman Mel Watt in 2004 and 2006. (Photo: rowanrepublicans.org)

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Ashley Bell - Ashley Bell, a north Georgia county commissioner, is a former Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and served as a delegate to the GOP convention this year. (Photo: hallcounty.org)

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Bishop Ira Combs Jr. - Bishop Ira Combs Jr. is the pastor of the Greater Bible Way Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith in Jackson, Michigan. (Photo: myspace)

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Clarence Burgess Owens - Clarence Burgess Owens, who was a safety with the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, is an author who has been affiliated with Republican campaigns. (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Microsoft)

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Stanley Jackson - Stanley Jackson is a member of the Ohio Board of Education. He played football at Ohio State University and has been active in the state’s Republican Party. (Photo: marionrepublicanparty.com)

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Brenda Mack - Brenda Mack, who owns a building and maintenance business, is the president of the Ohio Black Republicans Association. (Photo: ohioblackrepublicans.org)