Posted on 04/23/2018 2:25:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney will again face a Kennedy in an election with a U.S. Senate seat on the line.
Not one of those Kennedys. (Romney lost to Ted Kennedy in the 1994 Senate race in Massachusetts.)
This is Mike Kennedy, a conservative state legislator from Alpine who outgunned Romney at the Utah Republican Party's state convention over the weekend, getting himself into a primary election June 26. Romney had already qualified for the ballot through signature gathering.
But who is this guy?
In short, Kennedy is a married father of eight children who works as a family doctor in Lindon. He said he grew up in poverty in a single-parent home. He earned an undergraduate degree from BYU and a medical degree at Michigan State University. He also has a law degree from BYU.
He has served in the Utah House since 2013, but decided in March to not seek re-election.
"As a physician, I'm a trained listener. As an attorney, I'm a trained advocate. And as a legislator, I found that by working together we can solve even our biggest problems," Kennedy said at Saturday's convention.
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
We do not need a Senator Windsock.
Romney should try Michigan next, I hear he has property there too.
Actually I hope, without supporting either, that he has a maga rally right smack in slc.......the energized base would hear the message loud and clear
They are the “Not Yous”
That was before Mittens pointedly REFUSED to endorse POTUS Trump for re-election. Political figures don’t have to like each other, but if one guy fails to make a reciprocal endorsement like this, then all bets are off.
not a ‘severe’ conservative.....but a ‘true’ conservative....so is George Will and also Bill Kristol
are there any actual citizens from Utah in this thread — or any of the dozen or so other utah senate threads?
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