Posted on 09/07/2023 7:50:06 AM PDT by cotton1706
A pro-Trump candidate won a three-way Republican primary in a special election Tuesday to fill a soon-to-be vacant congressional seat in Utah.
Celeste Maloy, a proponent of former President Donald Trump, defeated former state Rep. Becky Edwards, winning 38 percent of the vote in the race for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District.
Edwards won 35 percent of the vote, while businessman Bruce Hough had 26 percent.
The trio were vying to be the GOP candidate in the race to succeed Rep. Chris Stewart, who is resigning later this month to care for his ailing wife.
All three candidates campaigned on the traditional Republican platform of small government and pro-business agendas.
However, Edwards distinguished herself as a Trump critic, while Maloy and Hough blasted the recent indictments against the 45th president as politically motivated.
But perhaps the nail in Edwards’ election coffin was that she voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race, a move she said she regretted.
The results of the special election should serve as a wakeup call for Sen. Mitt Romney, whose anti-Trump rhetoric has put him at odds with many Utah Republicans.
The senator, who often angers conservatives by working with Democrats, voted to convict Trump in both of his impeachment trials.
Romney, a supporter of the race-baiting, anti-police Black Lives Matter movement, is up for election in 2024.
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And now she's out on her a$$
Here's hoping Mitt suffers a similar fate. But the RULING OLIGARCHY will move both heaven and earth to protect him, as they did Murkowski.
Not real confident that Utah peeps will switch- I wish they would, but they seem to go for mitt because of his Mormon affiliation I guess?
Simple, run a Mormon against him. A conservative.
That ANYBODY running as a an R would admit voting for the most leftist Dem candidate for Pres should be an instant disqualification.
Edwards still got 35%, just 3% less than the winner. What is up with the GOP in Utah?
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It might be a platform but that's all it is. Just a platform to get votes, not a real objective. When do the Republicans ever shrink the size of government?
i know, but too many people vote just on name recognition, religion recognition, race or whatever, and don’t do their homework-
Edward is the female version of Romney.
Glad she got her a** beat.
You have no idea how angry Utahns are with Romney.
But, between Maloy and Hough the Trump faction got 64% to the Romney 45% group. Don’t know if Utah has open primaries but I’ll try to find out.
It’s amazing Edwards admitted she voted for Traitor Joe. I guess she deserves some credit for honesty but she should not have received a single Republican vote.
“If he loses, Romney will just set up in another state and run from there. His father was governor of Michigan back in the 60’s.”
Tell me about it. I live in MA where he was governor. He’s too old now to try the new state routine. But you’re right that he’s just like dear old dad, another “republican” traitor.
How was Mitt’s Dad allowed to run for POTUS when he was born in Mexico?
supposedly they were angry before too but elected him- maybe they held their noses and voted from him though-
“How was Mitt’s Dad allowed to run for POTUS when he was born in Mexico?”
Both his parents were American citizens as far as I know.
When do the Republicans ever shrink the size of government? *********** They can't. With all these illegals coming in and taking low jobs and needing support to survive the budget can only rise imo. Until our voting/working-tax payers, etc get a gut full it won't change. Just looking at the changes to this land called the USA and what it was back when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Changes have occurred be they for the good or detriment. Enjoy your three score & ten
They don’t have any conservatives that will run in Utah?
Nope. Minion is in no trouble at all. There is no candidate, as of now, willing to hit him hard.
Part of that is, as my Utah Mormon friend says, “Mormons like politeness,” and you can’t go after Minion “politely.”
Too many LDS drones.
Romney and Bain Co. may not be good for the US but they are good for the LDS
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