Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was spotted at the 99 Cents Only store in Temecula on Friday by a Temecula teacher, Chris Radcliffe, who snapped a picture with the 2012 GOP presidential candidate.

Radcliffe, who shared his “brush with greatness” via Facebook messenger, said he didn’t have much time to chat.

“I could barely stop him. He was going too fast through the store. I shook his hand and apologized for bothering him,” he said.

Although shopping at a 99 Cents Only store wouldn’t be out of character for Romney — according to a 2011 New York Times profile he is obsessed with scoring cheap flights on the discount airline JetBlue — Radcliffe wasn’t sure if he bought anything.

“My brother was thinking he flew into the French Valley airport. But watching him at AutoZone, then seeing how he drove through the parking lot, he’s definitely not from here,” he wrote.

John Rara, manager of the aforementioned AutoZone, which is in the same shopping center at Winchester and Margarita roads, said Romney walked the store a bit and then purchased two window-shades.

“He let another person go ahead of him (in line,)” Rara said. “Very nice guy.”

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