Carole Rome

38-year-old Carole Rome is the fiancee of Florida Governor Charlie Crist. The couple got engaged on July 3, 2008, after dating for nine months. Crist reportedly proposed to Rome at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida.¹

Fast Facts

1. Born: October 20, 1969²
2. Grew up in Roslyn, New York²
3. Engaged to Florida Governor Charlie Crist
4. Consultant to the Franco American Novelty Company, her family's Halloween costume business²
5. Two children, ages 11 and 9¹
6. Divorced from Todd Rome, CEO of Blue Star Jets¹
7. 1991 graduate of Georgetown University²

Wedding Bells and Politics

Rome and Florida Governor Charlie Crist became engaged on July 3, 2008, after a nine-month courtship. The 51-year-old Crist said no wedding date had been set. He did say the wedding would be in St. Petersburg, Florida.¹

Crist has been rumored as a potential vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Some have speculated that Crist's decision to get married, after decades of bachelorhood, could up his status as a front-runner to fill the Republican ticket in the November election.^{3 4}

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