Video: US Election 2012: Michele Bachmann says she has no regrets as she steps aside from Republican race The congresswoman from Minnesota, a Christian evangelical who was an early favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, said that she had decided to "stand aside" because the "people had spoken" in Iowa. We must rally around the person that our people select. Make no mistake, I will continue to be a strong voice," she added. The congresswoman made a swipe at Obamacare, President Obama's controversial health reforms, during her speech. What Obama and the Congress did in passing Obamacare endangered the status of the Republic. I ran because I realised 2012 is our last chance to repeal Obamacare. Mrs Bachmann did not indicate which candidate she will now support for the US Republican presidential nomination.