JEFF FLAKE WEIGHS IN ON PRESIDENTIAL RACE

posted by Andrea Kelly

U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.

The news broke this morning, and Romney sent a message on Twitter announcing the endorsement.

Flake is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, so Romney and the other Republican candidates will be campaigning at the same time as Flake in 2012.

Given the fact that Romney is now in second place in the race, according to recent polls, will Romney's campaign affect Flake's (for better or worse)?