Utah Sen. Mitt Romney emphasized the need for a new generation leadership in the United States in a statement that he would not look for a second term.
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Utah Sen on Wednesday. MITT Romney Announced He wouldn’t run to be re -elected in 2024. On the surface, the election effect of Romney’s decision is minimal – the seat must remain safe in republican hands. However, it is still noteworthy, because it represents the separation of one of the few republican senators who have a moderate voting record and/or former President Donald Trump.
The Senate, of course, was a second (or indeed, third) career for Romney. Following a successful career he founded Bain Capital, Romney was elected as the governor of Massachusetts in 2002-part of the long-standing love relationship with the moderate republic governors of the Bay State. He ran twice for the president and won the Republican nomination in 2012 and lost his president Barack Obama at that time. general election.
Gop chose a presidential candidate who was not the latest Trump. Since 2016, Republican voters have returned to Romney’s republican brand -aligned republican brand and adopted Trump’s arrogant populism. In 2018, a year seeing a large number of moderate or Trump anti-cumhurists separated from the congress, Romney was elected to the Senate from Utah and gathered the general tendency (including Romney himself, including the last day saints Jesus Christ Church. Local GOP more Trump-Septic from most). Since then Spealed Voice Against the new aspect of the party. Most importantly, he Voted to condemn Trump inside Both of both accusations are both.
Romney also developed a moderate voting record by breaking his party’s right wing in the votes. Approving justice Ketanji Brown Brown Jackson with To overthrow Trump’s emergency statement To finance the border wall. Romney’s DW-Nominate Score An ideology measure based on the roller votes of -1, which represents the most conservative one and represented the most liberal of the -1, makes it completely more moderate than the current three Republican senators.
Both Republican groups – Trump competitors and ideological moderates – the separation of extinct species and Romney’s separation will further increase the herd. From 17 Republican who voted to blame or convict Trump, only six of them, including Romney, are still in the Congress. And the Senate with DW-Nominate scores below 0.300 is at the lowest point in the number of republicans at least 40 years.
Romney’s anti -Trump record may have indirectly contributed to the decision of retirement, as it is not relatively popular with republican voters in Utah. One 7-14 August Survey Dan Jones & Associates approved Romney’s business performance only 56 percent of registered Republican voters in Utah. This may not look very bad, but 56 percent of the members of your party is a very mediocre degree of approval. (On the contrary, 81 percent of Republican registered voters have a positive opinion about Trump, Quinnipiac University.)
Like a well -known Trump critic Old you. JEFF FLAKE made it at 2018Romney may have refused to run to be re -elected because he was afraid of losing in the Republican of the Republic. The same questionnaire asked a hypothetical primary match and Romney received 45 percent support among Republicans. This is quite anemic for an official who is accustomed to renewing a waltz.
On the other hand, no other candidate in the survey could get more than 7 percent and only 27 percent will vote for an anonymous candidate. Moreover, the questionnaire found Romney’s approval grade between Republicans increased; In May, only 40 percent approved its performance. Therefore, Romney’s renovation way is probably more clear and the announcement of the announcement of the announcement. So perhaps when we show Romney as a factor in the retirement video. (Romney was 76 years old and would be 83 at the end of a potential second period.)
So what’s next for Utah Class I Senate seat? It is not possible that Romney’s retirement will lead to a competitive general election in the coming autumn: Although Utah has shifted towards the democrats during the Trump period, the red and democrats did not win a state -wide election in the state of beehives with more than 20 percent points in 2020. Since 1996. (True, anti -Trump independent Evan McMullin lost to the Republican Sen Mike Lee in 2022. The democrats were left aside and did not nominate anyone To make a better shot to win McMullin. However, on the other hand, anti -Trump independent Evan McMullin, the Democrats were left aside and the nomination of anyone to make a better shot to win McMullin, even after the nomination of the Republican Sen Mike Lee still lost 10.4 points in 2022)!)
Therefore, the competition to follow, whether the state’s 25th Republican primary-especially the party’s candidate will be more conservative and/or Trump pro-Trump. So far, the answer seems to be yes; Candidates and potential candidates are as lack of iconoclastic as Romney. Brad Wilson, President of the State Assembly, who has already established a reconnaissance committee, said herself.conservative champion”And in 2020 Introduced the legislative decision After the first accusation, pay tribute to Trump. But it could be it The most delicious option for old school republicans; A second candidate, Mayor of Riverton Trent Staggs, Attack romney For support to influence “Wokekeness” and Trump. And UTAH Chief Public Prosecutor Sean Reyes and He tried to overthrow the results From the 2020 election Rumor candidate too.
But there is still a lot of time for a Romney Esque candidate to jump. Utah’s former state representative, former state representative, who has still voted for President Biden and has lost a special primary elections for the 2nd region of Utah, has a large number of Trump-septic republican. If the conservative/Trump voting is divided between multiple candidates, the Senate may occur from the primary. However, of course, none of the alternatives have Romney’s name recognition or financial advantage. Therefore, there is no doubt that there is a bowel fist for Republicans who do not like what is happening to their parties.
