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Mitt Romney fails to secure Utah GOP nomination, will face primary
CNN ^ | April 21, 2018 | Maeve Reston

Posted on 04/21/2018 7:36:11 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Mitt Romney did not win the Utah Republican Party's nomination on Saturday, meaning he must compete in a June primary election as he seeks to replace retiring US Sen. Orrin Hatch.

After a wild and raucous day of voting at the Utah GOP convention, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee was unable to win the 60% that he needed to head to the November ballot unopposed. When none of the 12 candidates were able to cross that threshold, the party continued with successive rounds of caucus voting until one candidate reached 40%.

On the second round of voting, Utah state representative Mike Kennedy emerged in the lead with 50.88%. Romney came in a close second with 49.12%.

Romney and Kennedy will now compete in a primary set for June 26.

After the vote, Romney said he was looking forward to a primary race. "This is terrific for the people of Utah, and I really want to thank the delegates who stayed so late to give me the kind of boost that I got here today," Romney said, standing on the convention floor after the proceedings were adjourned. "We're going to have a good primary.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; gop; gope; gopprimary; localnews; luggagerackdog; maga; mikekennedy; miltromley; mittens; mittromney; rino; rinoromney; romney; romney2018; uniparty; ut2018; utah; winning
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Hehehe.
1 posted on 04/21/2018 7:36:11 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Lost another one. Guy’s like 1-6


2 posted on 04/21/2018 7:38:27 PM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: EdnaMode

12 red faces in Salt Lake City.....
...... emails to the stake presidents to follow....


3 posted on 04/21/2018 7:38:52 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: EdnaMode

Go Kennedy!!!!!


4 posted on 04/21/2018 7:39:02 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: EdnaMode

Gee the dufus can’t even find love in Utah..whose he gonna blame..Trump?


5 posted on 04/21/2018 7:39:09 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: EdnaMode

Can’t wait to vote AGAINST Mittens


6 posted on 04/21/2018 7:39:35 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: EdnaMode

There is a God.


7 posted on 04/21/2018 7:41:36 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: EdnaMode

It would be great to see Utah reject the carpetbagger.


8 posted on 04/21/2018 7:42:18 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I believe Trump has already endorsed Romney.


9 posted on 04/21/2018 7:43:38 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Trump actually semi-endorsed this putz. I think the Donald will let the Utah voters decide now. Mitt ought to be used to losing U.S. Senate races to Kennedys by now.


10 posted on 04/21/2018 7:43:53 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Moonman62

they should kick him back to massachusettes where his liberal ass belongs.


11 posted on 04/21/2018 7:44:16 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Williams

There is a God.


It’s Utah. Many gods, though only one per-world.


12 posted on 04/21/2018 7:46:05 PM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: EdnaMode

If he wins then we can call him McCain2.


13 posted on 04/21/2018 7:46:24 PM PDT by Revel
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To: EdnaMode

Romney belongs in Mass. and a Kennedy belongs in Utah!

Funny world.


14 posted on 04/21/2018 7:46:52 PM PDT by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: EdnaMode; BillyBoy; LS; AuH2ORepublican; campaignPete R-CT; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; Elsie

Last time Willard the Rat ran against a Kennedy, he had his ass handed to him. Let us pray this happens again. This Socialist abomination and pathological liar is a Democrat Deep State agent and saboteur (who helped elect Zero BOTH times and recruited and funded Egg McMuffin to sabotage Trump in 2016) and has no business running as a Republican for anything.


15 posted on 04/21/2018 7:46:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: EdnaMode

Earn it Willard. You know, work.


16 posted on 04/21/2018 7:48:17 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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OMG! Romney is such a loser. This should prove to him that being a wishy-washy-anti-Trump is death.

But, no, it won’t.


17 posted on 04/21/2018 7:48:22 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrat laws and regulations kill people.)
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To: Moonman62

Maybe he didnt think anyone else was running against him..dont know who this Kennedy guy is but anyone is better than Romney


18 posted on 04/21/2018 7:49:49 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: EdnaMode

Utah is an amazing place.
They have to have someone better to represent them.


19 posted on 04/21/2018 7:51:57 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

There was a great guy named Larry Meyers running, and it’s a shame he lost. I don’t know who this Kennedy guy is either. It doesn’t take much to be better than Romney, though.


20 posted on 04/21/2018 7:52:50 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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