Utah Republican Celeste Maloy Wins Seat Vacated by Her Former Boss in Congress

Published on November 22, 2023

Utah Republican Celeste Maloy will have something new to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day this week after winning her former boss’s vacant House seat in a special election on Tuesday. Voters in Utah’s reliably red 2nd Congressional District chose Ms. Maloy over Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe to replace long-time Republican Rep. Chris Stewart. The Associated Press called the race about 40 minutes after the polls closed. “I saw early on in this campaign that I was going to outwork everybody else, and I think I’ve made good on that promise,” Ms. Maloy said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, ahead of her victory....

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