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Sen. Mitt Romney draws a GOP primary challenger in Utah
Washington PostSen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has drawn a Republican primary challenger who launched his campaign by criticizing the first-term senator for having supported bipartisan spending deals, voting to convict President Donald Trump in his two impeachment trials and voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, a municipality of about 45,000 people near Salt Lake City, kicked off his bid Tuesday with a video in which he also highlighted Romney’s former residency in Massachusetts — where he served as governor from 2003 to 2007 — and accused Romney of breaking promises made in his 2018 Senate campaign.
“The only thing I’ve seen him fight for are the establishment, wokeness, open borders, impeaching President Trump and putting us even deeper into debt,” Staggs said in the video.
Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, has yet to announce whether he will seek a second Senate term next year representing his adoptive state. Staggs indicated that he is seeking the GOP nomination regardless of Romney’s decision.
Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, a municipality of about 45,000 people near Salt Lake City, kicked off his bid Tuesday with a video in which he also highlighted Romney’s former residency in Massachusetts — where he served as governor from 2003 to 2007 — and accused Romney of breaking promises made in his 2018 Senate campaign.
“The only thing I’ve seen him fight for are the establishment, wokeness, open borders, impeaching President Trump and putting us even deeper into debt,” Staggs said in the video.
Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, has yet to announce whether he will seek a second Senate term next year representing his adoptive state. Staggs indicated that he is seeking the GOP nomination regardless of Romney’s decision.