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Little-known Mike Kennedy to take on Mitt Romney in Utah GOP primary
deseretnews.com ^ | 4/23/18 | Dennis Romboy

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 ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: elections; mikekennedy; romney2018; ut2018
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Primary is June 26th!
1 posted on 04/23/2018 2:25:21 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

https://www.kennedyforutah.com/


2 posted on 04/23/2018 2:25:36 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Kennedy may be “little known”. But that’s a huge advantage over Romney, who has made himself and his failings all too well known


3 posted on 04/23/2018 2:30:53 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: cotton1706
C'mon Utah! Your country needs you! Dump the RINO!
4 posted on 04/23/2018 2:33:17 PM PDT by Savage Beast (The Law of the Jungle has replaced the Constitutional Law of the United States.)
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To: cotton1706

How much does Mittens want to keep embarrassing himself? He and HRC can be the founding members of the “Also Rans’ Recovery Support Group”


5 posted on 04/23/2018 2:33:35 PM PDT by Be Careful
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“He and HRC can be the founding members of the “Also Rans’ Recovery Support Group”

Yep,and have a big pic of Harold Stassen at their meetings.

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6 posted on 04/23/2018 2:37:21 PM PDT by Mears
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To: cotton1706; Mears

I hope and PRAY President Trump STAYS OUT of this PRIMARY!

NO ROMNEY ENDORSEMENT!


7 posted on 04/23/2018 2:39:50 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAYsi)
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To: cotton1706

Prepare For The Second Coming...

Mitt Romney - Born Again Conservative!


8 posted on 04/23/2018 2:42:53 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I thought Romney was already a “severe” conservative.


9 posted on 04/23/2018 2:48:04 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: cotton1706

Is Mike too much of a fellow Mormon to bring out Mitt’s money laundering at Bain, etc?


10 posted on 04/23/2018 2:51:17 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: cotton1706

we damn well better vet this guy before something horrifying comes tumbling out of his closet, a la roy moore.


11 posted on 04/23/2018 2:52:23 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: cotton1706

Picture Romney and Kerry, together, in a Hardware store buying a hunting license.

Yeah, I couldn’t do it either.


12 posted on 04/23/2018 2:54:42 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: onyx

too late. DJT endorsed romney just few days after he announced.


13 posted on 04/23/2018 2:54:59 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Mears

“Government is like fire.
If it is kept within bounds and
under the control of the people,
it contributes to the welfare of all.
But if it gets out of place,
if it gets too big and out of control,
it destroys the happiness
and even the lives of the people.” Harold Stassen


14 posted on 04/23/2018 2:56:48 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: JohnBrowdie

I know, but that was before this Utah thing and Romney is NOT the nominee.


15 posted on 04/23/2018 3:03:46 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAYsi)
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To: faithhopecharity

Thanks for the Stassen quote-——an outlook much needed today.

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16 posted on 04/23/2018 3:04:51 PM PDT by Mears
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To: cotton1706

I’d rather be “little known” than well known as a corrupt loser and choke artist.

Why anyone would want to vote for Romney, a guy who has failed at everything he has ever attempted in life, is a joke


17 posted on 04/23/2018 3:05:30 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: cotton1706

Kennedy sounds reasonable.


18 posted on 04/23/2018 3:11:52 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: WashingtonFire

But he put on a hell of an Olympics, or so he says.


19 posted on 04/23/2018 3:14:08 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: faithhopecharity
Somebody posted the final vote at the state convention. Kennedy barely cleared 50% and Romney was the runner-up.

Let's see the same results in the primary, only with a wider margin for Kennedy.

20 posted on 04/23/2018 3:16:38 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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