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In the race to replace Sen. Romney, Utah weighs a Trump loyalist and a climate-focused congressman (Tuesday)
ABC News ^ | 6/23/24 | HANNAH SCHOENBAUM

Posted on 06/23/2024 5:25:37 AM PDT by cotton1706

As he led a crowd of picnicking families in the “YMCA” dance, Trent Staggs gleefully waved a “Utah for Trump” flag at a recent campaign rally — one more not-so-subtle reminder to voters that he is backed by the former president in the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney.

That endorsement propelled Staggs, who was little known outside the Salt Lake City suburb he leads, to victory at the state's Republican convention in April, where delegates lean far-right. But his credentials with Donald Trump's “Make America Great Again” movement may not be enough to win Tuesday's primary, when Utah's more muted GOP electorate gets its say.

The election will determine whether the state wants another moderate conservative like Romney — U.S. Rep. John Curtis is considered the front-runner in the race — or a farther-right candidate more willing to fall in line with Trump. The vote could have larger implications for how Utah fits in with the evolving dynamics of the national Republican Party, which the former president has largely reshaped in his own image.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: elections; johncurtis; pierredelecto; trentstaggs
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Whichever candidate gets the nomination will be the next US Senator, which is why the Establishment is determined to get the most moderate candidate the nomination.

Curtis voted for the J6 committee. I hope Utah rejects him on Tuesday.

1 posted on 06/23/2024 5:25:37 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

IMHO Utah owes the party after what Romney turned out to be.


2 posted on 06/23/2024 5:28:29 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: cotton1706
From Utah and 2020, a preview of coming attractions...

Utah’s mail-in ballots are printed by private companies and some have had screw-ups

3 posted on 06/23/2024 5:28:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: cotton1706

NEVER ELECT A CLIMATE FREAK!!! They will take away your GAST STOVE, WATER, CARS, ETC!! They are DANGEROUS!


4 posted on 06/23/2024 5:30:24 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: cotton1706

Curtis is at true believer of “Climate Change” the scam.


5 posted on 06/23/2024 5:30:39 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: cotton1706

Utah votes for magic underwear uber alles, every time.


6 posted on 06/23/2024 5:31:17 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (IThey intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: cotton1706

“moderate conservative like Romney”

I believe Mittens characterized himself as “severely conservative” (or some such phony designation).


7 posted on 06/23/2024 5:35:01 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: cotton1706

Normal people are the true minority.


8 posted on 06/23/2024 5:38:54 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: cotton1706

Utah is mostly red rock....... spectacular red rock, butred rock non the less.

What can climate change do to harm red rock?


9 posted on 06/23/2024 5:41:06 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: cotton1706

In other words, Curtis is the Democrat.


10 posted on 06/23/2024 5:42:02 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: aynrandfreak

I concur.


11 posted on 06/23/2024 5:42:09 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: Leep

Seems to be so.


12 posted on 06/23/2024 5:43:04 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: cotton1706
which the former president has largely reshaped in his own image.

Hannah, typically, doesn't get it - or maybe is just intentionally insulting.

Hannah - I am MAGA

13 posted on 06/23/2024 5:44:53 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: cotton1706

“moderate conservative like Romney”

LOL!


14 posted on 06/23/2024 5:45:25 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: cotton1706

Pierre Delecto is not running? How will his legacy of being the worst GOP turncoat in US history be sustained? ?


15 posted on 06/23/2024 5:47:18 AM PDT by anton
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excerpt:

Moore switched to an Arizona-based vendor this year and is so far happy with the results. “If there really was [another] crisis,” she said, “I can drive to Phoenix and pick stuff up and and be back within 24 hours if I had to.”

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Duchesne county in NE Utah driving to print shop in Phoenix, AZ?

surely not Runbeck Printing?


16 posted on 06/23/2024 5:51:45 AM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: cotton1706

climate focused = marxist


17 posted on 06/23/2024 6:00:35 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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“Pierre Delecto is not running? How will his legacy of being the worst GOP turncoat in US history be sustained? ?”

Easy. By getting a similar liberal Republican nominated, then elected.


18 posted on 06/23/2024 6:02:18 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

The Mormon mafia is extremely liberal.


19 posted on 06/23/2024 6:23:20 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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Pierre Delecto is not running? How will his legacy of being the worst GOP turncoat in US history be sustained? ?

Hmmm...He has a few in the competition: Mitch McConnell, Lowell P. Wackjob of Connecticut who wanted to impeach Nixon and was the worst Governor of Connecticut after Joe Lieberman beat him for Senate.

20 posted on 06/23/2024 6:36:17 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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