August 10, 2023 1:33pm EDT
More than 60 Utah Republicans endorse primary challenger to Mitt Romney
Romney has not said whether he will run again for his Senate seat
By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News
More than 60 Republican lawmakers from Utah are pushing to end Sen. Mitt Romney’s career on Capitol Hill.
Utah state House Speaker Brad Wilson has taken the first steps toward challenging Romney, the Republicans' 2012 presidential nominee, by forming a Senate exploratory committee in April.
The committee announced on Thursday that Wilson’s possible run is already being endorsed by three quarters of his GOP colleagues in the statehouse’s lower chamber and two-thirds of Republicans in the Utah Senate.
"I am honored and encouraged to have the support of so many leaders from all corners of this great state," Wilson said. "Utah needs a bold, conservative fighter in the U.S. Senate and I am humbled at the support and encouragement we’ve received so quickly."
Romney has, at times, had a fraught relationship with Republicans in his state, particularly other elected officials, over his willingness to criticize and votes to convict former President Trump after his impeachments. Utah’s Weber County GOP voted to censure him for it in May 2021.
Trump swept the state in 2020 during his race against President Biden.
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