{"id":2030906,"date":"2023-09-13T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-mitt-romney-will-not-be-seeking-re-election-for-us-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:29:40","slug":"breaking-mitt-romney-will-not-be-seeking-re-election-for-us-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-mitt-romney-will-not-be-seeking-re-election-for-us-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Mitt Romney opts out of US Senate re-election bid."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbreaking-mitt-romney-will-not-be-seeking-re-election-for-us-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=2030906&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>Breaking: Mitt Romney Will Not Be Seeking Re-Election for US Senate Seat<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced Wednesday \u2063that he will not be seeking a second term next\u2062 year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have spent my last 25 years in public service of \u2064one kind or another. At the end of another term, \u200bI\u2019d be in my mid-eighties. Frankly,\u200d it\u2019s time for a new generation of leaders. They\u2019re the ones \u2062that need \u200cto make the\u2062 decisions that will shape the world they will \u200cbe \u2062living in,\u201d\u200b Romney said in a\u200b statement \u2064according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/romney-announces-he-wont-seek-re-election-in-2024-bashes-trump-and-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Romney took time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-notice-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-senate-seat-issues-big-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parting shots<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenyan-ministers-rally-around-metas-facebook-after-watchdogs-ultimatum\/\" title=\"Kenyan ministers rally around Meta\u2019s Facebook after watchdog\u2019s ultimatum\">leading presidential candidates<\/a> of both parties.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">  BREAKING: Mitt Romney says he will not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yC72Tqo7sd\">pic.twitter.com\/yC72Tqo7sd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny\u2064 Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1702016517808779400?\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-mitt-romney-will-not-be-seeking-re-election-for-us-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Breaking: Mitt Romney opts out of US Senate re-election bid.\">face critical challenges \u200c\u2014 mounting national debt<\/a>, climate change, and the \u2064ambitious authoritarians\u200b of Russia and China. Neither <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putin-forced-revive-soviet-lingo-describe-wildly-corrupt-america-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> \u2063 nor former President Trump are leading their \u2063party to confront\u200c them,\u201d Romney said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the \u200cdeficits \u200dand debt, both men refuse to address\u2064 entitlements even though they represent\u2062 two-thirds of federal spending. Donald \u200dTrump calls global warming a hoax, and \u200bPresident Biden offers feel-good solutions \u2064that will make no difference to \u2064the global climate,\u201d he \u2064added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President \u200dTrump \u200con Mitt Romney. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hfaGtUG0T6\">pic.twitter.com\/hfaGtUG0T6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMacReport\/status\/1702026017672675713?\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Romney was elected \u2062to the Senate in 2018. He had\u2062 been the\u2062 Republican candidate for\u2064 president in 2012\u200b after serving a governor of Massachusetts, and in 2016, he led the \u201cNeverTrump\u201d wing of the\u200b Republican Party in an\u2063 effort\u2063 to deny Donald Trump \u200cthe\u2064 party\u2019s nomination. In \u200cthe\u2062 Senate, he was\u200d among a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-admits-pretty-sure-trump-will-win-gop-nomination-runs-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handful of senators<\/a> \u200dwho \u200dvoted \u200bagainst Trump during both of Trump\u2019s impeachment trials.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree with Romney\u2019s decision?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll \u2064entitles you to\u2063 The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You\u200d also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u200b Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms \u2063of \u200dUse<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: \u2062100% \u2064(17 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% \u2062(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Utah state\u200c House Speaker Brad Wilson, a pro-Trump Republican, has created an \u2064exploratory committee\u2062 with an eye toward \u2064next year, but\u200b has \u200cnot yet announced his candidacy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mitt-romney-mulls-re-election-bid-increasingly-pro-trump-utah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2023\/08\/17\/poll-mitt-romney-leads-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Lake Tribune<\/a> noted that\u2064 recent polling has included \u200dUtah Attorney\u200c General Sean\u2063 Reyes,\u200c state \u200cSen. Mike Kennedy, Lt.\u2063 Gov. Deidre\u200d Henderson and Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs \u2063as potential \u200bcandidates\u2063 for the seat Romney is vacating.<\/p>\n<p>A poll released last month by Noble\u200b Predictive \u2062Insights showed that 54\u2063 percent\u200d of Utah Republicans \u2062surveyed said Romney should step aside, with only 33 percent supporting a second Senate term.<\/p>\n<p>Taking \u200cshots at both Biden and Trump, Romney said\u200b a second term\u200d would not be productive given what\u2062 he\u200d expects from\u200d the presidential contest, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/09\/13\/mitt-romney-senate-reelection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[One] It\u2019s very difficult for\u200d the House to operate, from what I can tell, and two, and perhaps more \u2063importantly, we\u2019re probably going to\u200b have either \u200dTrump or \u2063Biden as\u200b our\u2062 next president. And Biden is unable to lead on \u2063important matters\u2062 and Trump\u200c is \u200cunwilling\u2063 to lead on important matters,\u201d \u200dhe \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>Romney said he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-stabs-fellow-republicans-back-explaining-vote-1-7-trillion-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no plans<\/a> to wade into \u200dthe 2024 GOP presidential primaries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MAGA \u200dhas ousted Paul\u2064 Ryan, Ben Sasse, Adam Kinzinger, Liz\u200c Cheney and soon Mitt\u200d Romney from Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>This \u200cis what winning\u200b looks like\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/idrykwSMIs\">pic.twitter.com\/idrykwSMIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1702018507745960343?\">September\u2062 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI doubt my support \u200cwill mean anything \u2063positive \u200dto any of the candidates at the finish line. I\u2019m \u200dnot looking to get involved in that,\u201d he said, adding disdainfully, \u201cIt\u2019s \u200bpretty\u2063 clear\u2062 that the party\u2064 is inclined to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-i-wont-seek-reelection-to-senate-in-2024\/\" title=\"Romney: No 2024 Senate Reelection for Me\">populist demagogue message<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called his wing of the party\u2062 \u201cvery, very small\u201d but said the GOP can turn\u200c away \u2063from Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it can change in the direction of a populist,\u201d he\u200b said, \u201cit can change back\u200b in \u200dthe direction of\u200b my wing of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-mitt-romney-will-not-seeking-re-election-us-senate-seat\/\">Breaking: Mitt Romney Will Not Be Seeking\u200b Re-Election for US Senate Seat<\/a> appeared\u2064 first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah revealed he won&#8217;t run for re-election next year, citing his 25 years in public service and his desire for a new generation of leaders. With his mid-eighties approaching, he believes it&#8217;s time to pass the torch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2030907,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2030906","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}