Orrin Hatch wanted to leave the Senate and wanted to bequeath his 40-year seat to somebody NOT conservative. Otherwise, how does a man born in Michigan who was governor of Massachusetts end up getting a Utah Senate seat.
Because an oligarch wanted to grant his seat to another oligarch.
That makes a lot of sense, I don’t believe Pierre will be more than a one and done guy. He’s not able to sweettalk the dumbass voters like Orin. There’s a lot of autosomal recessive genetic disorders in Utah from consanguineous marriages.