 He was endorsed by former governor M. Jodi Rell on September 4, 2012.At the congressional district's convention in May 2012, Roraback won the Republican endorsement with 53% of the delegates' votes.Three other Republican contenders—Mark Greenberg, Lisa Wilson-Foley, and Justin Bernier—each received enough votes to have the right to require that the party's nominee be the winner of a primary election, which was held on August 14; Roraback, and all of the other three (each having so requested), appeared on the primary ballot.