{"id":1996428,"date":"2023-08-10T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-gop-legislators-in-utah-pushing-state-speaker-to-challenge-romney-for-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:14:52","slug":"majority-of-gop-legislators-in-utah-pushing-state-speaker-to-challenge-romney-for-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-gop-legislators-in-utah-pushing-state-speaker-to-challenge-romney-for-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Utah GOP lawmakers urging state speaker to challenge Romney for Senate seat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajority-of-gop-legislators-in-utah-pushing-state-speaker-to-challenge-romney-for-senate-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996428&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Conservative Lawmakers \u2062Rally Behind Brad Wilson for Senate Run<\/h2>\n<p>Conservative lawmakers in \u200dUtah are urging state House \u2062Speaker Brad Wilson to challenge Senator Mitt Romney in the\u200b upcoming \u2064GOP primary. Over 60 lawmakers in the Utah legislature have endorsed Wilson, including a majority of Utah \u2062Republican legislators. This\u2062 strong show of support sets the stage for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-target-record-72-democrat-held-districts-for-midterms\/\" title=\"Republicans Target Record 72 Democrat-Held Districts for Midterms\">potentially competitive race<\/a> to \u200doust the first-term\u2062 incumbent.<\/p>\n<h3>Endorsements from Prominent State Legislators<\/h3>\n<p>Wilson&#8217;s\u2063 campaign received endorsements from several well-known state legislators,\u200b such as state Senate\u200c President Stuart Adams,\u2064 state Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, and state Majority Whip Ann\u200d Millner.\u200d These endorsements provide Wilson with a significant boost as he considers a Senate run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have worked together to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-authorize-defense-production-act-to-push-green-agenda\/\" title=\"Biden to Authorize Defense Production Act to Push Green Agenda\">pass tax cuts<\/a> for Utahns three years in a row, provide parents with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-gop-legislators-in-utah-pushing-state-speaker-to-challenge-romney-for-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Most Utah GOP lawmakers urging state speaker to challenge Romney for Senate seat.\">unprecedented school choice<\/a>, and expand Second Amendment protections,&#8221; said Adams. &#8220;I know he will take the same principles\u200d that make\u200d Utah the best state in the nation to be an impactful voice\u2064 for our values in the U.S. Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Wilson&#8217;s Bold\u200c Conservative Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Wilson, who launched an exploratory committee earlier this year, expressed gratitude for the support he\u2064 has received from his legislative colleagues. He emphasized the need for a bold, conservative, results-oriented fighter to\u200c represent\u2064 Utah in Washington, D.C. Wilson aims to bring the successful conservative approach\u200b of Utah to the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Utah \u200bneeds back in\u2062 D.C. a bold, conservative, results-oriented fighter that can take the conservative \u200dway we do\u200c things in Utah and get things done in D.C.,&#8221; Wilson stated.<\/p>\n<h3>A Potential \u200cCompetitive GOP Primary<\/h3>\n<p>If Wilson decides to enter the race,\u2064 he would join Riverton Mayor\u200c Trent Staggs, who announced his challenge to Romney in May. \u200dHowever, Wilson&#8217;s four-year tenure as House speaker gives him \u200dhigher name recognition and a strong\u200b advantage. \u2064With all three candidates in the running, the GOP primary for the 2024 cycle could \u2063become one of the most \u200dcompetitive races.<\/p>\n<h3>Romney&#8217;s Uncertain Future<\/h3>\n<p>While Romney has\u200c not\u2064 yet announced his intention to run \u200cfor reelection, he filed a statement of candidacy in April to begin fundraising. The senator&#8217;s willingness to break with his party, particularly regarding former President Donald Trump, has\u2062 attracted both support and backlash. Romney&#8217;s impeachment votes against Trump \u200dhave made his \u200dchances unclear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-to-revert-ohio-to-swing-state-status\/\" title=\"Democrats seek to revert Ohio to swing state status\">reliably red state<\/a> of Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling shows that\u2063 Utah voters are divided on whether Romney should run for another term. While 47% believe he should run, 51% say he \u2062should not, with \u200d3% remaining unsure. Despite \u200bthe mixed opinions, Romney has expressed\u200b confidence in \u2062his chances should he decide \u2063to run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m\u2064 confident\u200d that I would win \u200cif I decide to run. I&#8217;ll \u2062have \u200cthe resources, and I believe the\u2064 people of Utah would be with me,&#8221; Romney stated.<\/p>\n<p>As the race for the\u200c Utah Senate seat heats up, all eyes are on Wilson and \u2063the potential for a competitive \u2064GOP primary that could shape the future of Utah&#8217;s representation in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative lawmakers in Utah are urging House Speaker Brad Wilson to challenge Sen. Mitt Romney in the upcoming GOP primary. Over 60 legislators have endorsed Wilson, potentially setting the stage for a competitive race. This exclusive development highlights the growing discontent within the party and the desire for a new representative in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}