Utah, a state regarded as home of the squishy Republican, is going Donald Trump’s way. That is the inevitable takeaway from its GOP convention, in which Trump-aligned politicians swept to the forefront in bids for governor and a US Senate seat.
The Beehive State has been best known in red circles of late for being the land base of nationally known GOP establishment figures Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and perpetual anti-Trump protest candidate Evan McMullin. Throw in a Republican governor widely criticized as being more progressive than “moderate” in Spencer Cox, and the Utah GOP climate has seemed more akin to the Northeast US than the far-from-the-Beltway West.
That may be changing, and it gives Trump’s MAGA base a reason to celebrate that extends beyond the 2024 presidential election.
Out With the Mitt, In With a Trump Man?
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