After four years in Washington, Republican Mitt Romney has established himself as a rare senator willing to publicly rebuke members of his own party.
But the Utah senator's outspoken stances, along with his willingness to work with Democrats, have angered some Republicans in the deep-red state he represents and led them to cast about for someone to try to dethrone him in a primary race next year.
His decision about whether to run again comes as Trump is making his third campaign for the White House, presenting Romney an opportunity to continue to serve as a chief foil to the former president. "I didn't come to the Senate to just fight and lose," Romney said. "I came to actually fight and win. And I fell in with a group of Republicans and some Democrats who felt the same way and wanted to work together on issues of significance for the country and for our respective states."Sen. Mitt Romney stayed on the sideline in the Utah Senate race, endorsing neither fellow GOP Sen. Mike Lee nor Republican-turned-independent Evan McMullin.
Stan Lockhart, a former chairman of the Utah Republican Party, said that while Romney's votes in the impeachment trials drew a "huge negative outpouring," he thinks that, nearly two years later, some of the support for Trump has softened and the hostility has "mellowed." No GOP challenger has stepped forward to run against Romney, but several prominent Utah Republicans are seen as potential candidates and at least on major conservative group is looking at spending in the race.
Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who gained the national spotlight leading the House Oversight committee through aggressive investigations of Hillary Clinton, said he is considering a campaign.
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