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In a vote of Utah Republican Party delegates to fill a U.S. Senate nomination, Mitt Romney, left, was edged out by state lawmaker Mike Kennedy. Voters will decide between the two in a June 26, 2018, primary.
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In September and October 2017 press reports said that should
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch retire, Romney would run in Utah for that seat in 2018.
On January 2, 2018, after Orrin Hatch announced he would retire,
Romney changed his Twitter location from Massachusetts to Holladay, Utah,
contributing to speculation that he may be considering a run for Hatch's Senate
seat. On February 1, Romney tweeted that he would make an announcement on
February 15, but delayed that announced the day before out of respect for the
victims of the Douglas High School shooting.
On February 16, 2018, Romney formally launched his campaign
through a video message posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Romney would, if his campaign is successful, become the third
individual to serve as governor of a state and U.S. senator from a different
state. The other two were William W. Bibb (who served as a U.S. senator from
Georgia and as the first governor of Alabama) and Sam Houston (who served as
the sixth governor of Tennessee and as a U.S. senator from Texas).
At the state Republican nominating convention on Saturday April 21, 2018, Romney finished
second to Republic State Representative Mike Kennedy, who secured a narrow majority of
delegate votes. The two candidates will compete in a June 26 primary.
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U. S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney delivers his speech to the delegates at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Mitt Romney forced into primary after losing nomination battle in Utah Senate bid
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Julian Hattem - Associated Press - Sunday, April 22, 2018
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah —
Mitt Romney was forced into a Republican primary in his bid for U.S. Senate in Utah after losing a nomination battle Saturday at the state’s far-right-leaning GOP convention.
Romney remains the heavy favorite overall to replace long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch in November and said he was ready to keep campaigning hard.
If he had won the party delegate vote at the convention, he would have bypassed a primary altogether. Instead, he was edged out by state lawmaker Mike Kennedy, who got 51 percent of the vote to
Romney’s 49 percent.
GOP voters will decide between the two in a June 26 primary.
Romney previously secured his spot on the primary ballot by gathering 28,000 voter signatures but said Saturday that choice was partly to blame for his loss.
Gathering signatures to make the ballot is unpopular among many conservative delegates in the state who say it dilutes their ability to choose a candidate.
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