- Sen. Mitt Romney, a retiring moderate Republican, may now be one step closer to being replaced by Utah Republican John Curtis, who won the state’s primary battle. When the race was declared by the Associated Press, Curtis had 52% of the vote. He will now face Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich in the general election in November.
- Since 1970, Democrats have not been elected to the U.S. Senate from Utah. Trent Staggs, the runner-up, had a 28.2% percentage. By personally phoning delegates and enticing the support of Trump and several friends around the country, Staggs expanded his support base.
- The former president said in an April post on his Truth Social platform that Staggs is a “100% MAGA” candidate who understands how to control the border between the United States and Mexico, curb inflation, and boost the economy.
- Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, declared on Tuesday that he would not back former President Trump in his run for reelection, citing moral issues. Curtis, the member of Utah’s House delegation with the longest tenure, presented himself as an alternative to Staggs, who was backed by Trump.
- Since winning a landslide reelection in 2017 and a special election the following year, he has been a member of Congress. Curtis leans farther left than the rest of the Republican flank on topics like climate change, and he hasn’t backed Trump for president, squaring him with Romney’s supporters.
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Fox News