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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Well, no. They became really angry with him after he was elected to the Senate b/c he had promised constituents, who voted for him based on this, that if he won, he would not run against or undermine Trump. He has and they feel lied to.
Yes, they do like politeness and niceness, but pulling a lever for another candidate might be nice enough of them to accomplish. Let’s hope.
You are right, I have no idea how angry Utahans are with Romney. But I would suggest it’s no where near ANGRY ENOUGH to dump his ass.
Add Huntsman.
Let’s pray it is.
Get rid of Romney.
He’s a DEMOCRAT in sheep’s clothing.
RINO ROMNEY !!!
I wish they would, but they seem to go for mitt because of his Mormon affiliation I guess?
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Utah is full of conservative Mormons, they could just pick a random name from a phone book and do a lot better than Romney.
Mitt has the people who run the signature machinery. Regular GOP movers on the precinct level want him out with a passion.
Agreed.
Well I hope they have seen the light now. Wish states with rino representatives would wake up and send a loud clear message that we aren’t going to tolerate rinos anymore.
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