Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Massachusetts Democratic Party officials claimed that Romney was ineligible to run for governor , citing residency issues involving Romney 's time in Utah as president of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee .
Simplified: Romney was in charge of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee , which helped run the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Utah . Romney took over the committee after a scandal where some people were being bribed .