Rep. Curtis Wins Utah GOP Senate Primary in Race for Romney’s Seat

Published on June 26, 2024

Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) has won the June 25 Utah Republican Senate primary and is the overwhelming favorite to succeed the retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in fall’s general election. Mr. Curtis, who served four terms in the House before announcing his bid for the Senate in early 2024, will square off against Democrat Caroline Gleich, an environmental-activist mountaineer who secured the Nov. 5 berth in her party’s April convention without a primary challenge. In a state where registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats three-to-one, winners in Utah’s GOP primaries are near-locks to advance in general elections. Utah hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1970....

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