A congressman and a senator’s son jumped into the race Tuesday for the Utah U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney.
Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis introduced his marketing campaign to a TV station after saying final fall he had determined to not run.
After folks requested him to rethink, he determined he may carry over his work representing Utah however with an even bigger platform, Curtis informed KSL-TV.
Curtis has served japanese Utah’s Third District since 2017. He was beforehand mayor of Provo, Utah, for seven years and for a time was a county-level Democratic Party official.
Brent Orrin Hatch additionally introduced his candidacy Tuesday. Hatch is considered one of six kids of the late Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who retired after 42 years in workplace in 2019 and died in 2022.
Brent Hatch is a trial lawyer who’s treasurer and previous director of the Federalist Society, a conservative authorized group that advocates decoding the U.S. Constitution in keeping with the context wherein it was written.
He was an affiliate White House counsel underneath President George H.W. Bush and a Utah delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention.
He described himself as “not a professional politician” in an announcement by way of his marketing campaign.
“I have worked for over 33 years here in Utah as a lawyer protecting the rights of individuals and companies. But I still have an insider’s knowledge of the highest levels of government,” he mentioned within the assertion.
Romney, 76, introduced in September he will not search a second time period within the Senate, saying it was time for youthful leaders to step in. Romney additionally served as governor of Massachusetts and was the 2012 Republican nominee for president.
Romney is amongst a number of Republicans who opposed former President Donald Trump and have been voted out or not sought re-election.
Others working to succeed Romney embody former Utah House speaker Brad Wilson, a Republican who introduced his marketing campaign in September, and lesser-known Republicans together with Riverton, Utah, Mayor Trent Staggs and Roosevelt, Utah, Mayor Rod Bird Jr.
Republicans carry a considerable benefit in Utah, outnumbering Democrats by a greater than 3-to-1 margin.
