He defeated Trent Staggs, whom Donald Trump had endorsed.
Republican Rep. John Curtis, who has occasionally bucked former President Donald Trump, won a crowded GOP primary on Tuesday for Romney’s Utah Senate seat. | Francis Chung/POLITICORepublican Rep. John Curtis, who has occasionally bucked former President Donald Trump, won a crowded GOP primary on Tuesday for Romney’s Utah Senate seat.
Curtis, who is known in Congress as a Republican advocate for combating climate change, was nudged into the race by a super PAC funded in part by climate activist Jay Faison. He initially declined a Senate bid but reversed course after that super PAC ran ads urging him to run. Businessman Jason Walton and former Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson were also on the ballot. Brent Hatch, the son of the late longtime GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch, launched a bid but
“John Curtis is a man of honor and integrity who cares deeply about our fellow citizens and the future of our country,”
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