In his announcement that he will not look for a second term, the state Senator Mitt Romni emphasized the need for a new generation of leadership in the United States
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On Wednesday, the state senator Mitt Romni announced He will not run for re -election in 2024The field at first glance, the selective impact of Romni’s decision is minimal – its place should be safe in the hands of the Republicans. But this is still noteworthy, because it is the departure of one of the few remaining resort senators, who had a moderate record of voting and/or vocally opposed the former president Donald Trump.
The Senate, of course, was the second (or, indeed, third) career for Romny. After a successful career in business, during which he became the co-founder of Bain Capital, Romny was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002, a part of a long-time state of Bay with moderate republican governors. He twice ran for the presidency and won the Republican nomination in 2012, losing to the then President Barack Obama in general electionField
This was the last time the Republican Party chose a presidential candidate who was not Trump. Since 2016, republican voters turned against the brand of republicanism, according to which Romni took on the daring populism of Trump. In 2018, in the year, when a large number of republicans in moderate or Anti-Tramp left Congress, Romny Accelerated the general trend Having received the election to the Senate from Utah (where a large number of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the last days, including Romni himself, were made The local republican party is more skeptical than the majority). Since then he has He spoke vocally Against the new direction of the party. In particular, he voted for the condemnation of Trump V Both of his impeachment testsField
Romny also developed a moderate voting report, beat the right wing of his party in the vote in the range from Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Cancel the emergency declaration of Trump To finance the border wall. Romni-nominal score -Weology, based on voices with a challenge, where 1 represents the most conservative and -1, is the most liberal -0.288, which makes it more moderate than everything except the three current -republican senators.
Both groups of the Republicans – Trump's opponents and ideological moderate – are now in the threat of disappearance of the views, and Romny’s departure is even more discarded by the herd. Of the 17 Republicans, who voted in order to hold accountable or condemn Trump into any of his impeachments, only six are still in Congress, including Romny. And the number of Republicans in the Senate with the indicators of the DW-Nominant below 0.300, at the lowest level, at least in 40 years.
Romny’s moderate record and the moderate record, perhaps, indirectly contributed to his decision to resign, as this made him relatively unpopular with republican voters in Utah. According to August 7-14 survey Dan Jones and Associations, only 56 percent of registered republican voters in Utah approved Romny's work. This may not seem very bad, but 56 percent among your own members are a rather mediocre approval rating. (On the contrary, 81 percent of registered voters at the national level have a favorable opinion about Trump, according to the latest survey from KUNNIPEY University.)
Very similar to the outstanding critic Trump Former Senator Jeff Flake made in 2018Romny, perhaps, refused to run for a re -election, because he was afraid to lose in the republican primary elections. The same survey asked about the hypothetical primary match, and Romny received 45 percent support among the Republicans. This is quite anemic for the current president, who is used to the waltz for tribal.
On the other hand, no other candidate in the survey received more than 7 percent, and only 27 percent stated that they would vote for another candidate. In addition, the survey showed that Romny's approval rating among the Republicans was in growth; Even in May, only 40 percent approved his work. Thus, Romny’s path to the birthmind is probably clear today than for a while, which makes the announcement time curious. So, perhaps, we must take Romny to his word when he called his age as a factor in his pension video. (Romni 76 years old and would be 83 at the end of the potential second term.)
So then for Utah Class me Place in the Senate? Romny’s pension is unlikely to lead to competitive universal elections next fall: although Utah moved towards the democrats In the era of Trump, there is still enough red color that he voted for him for more than 20 percentage points in 2020, and the Democrats did not won the elections throughout the state in the state of the hive Since 1996The field (however, the independent of Trump Evan McMullin lost to Senator Republican Mike Lee in 2022 only 10.4 points after Democrats refused and did not appoint anyone To give McMullin the best shot in victory. But, on the other hand, the independent of Trump Evan McMullin still lost to the Republican Senator Mike Lee in 2022 by 10.4 points even after the Democrats refused and did not put forward anyone to give Macmallin the best shot in the victory!)
Thus, the competition for viewing will be the state republican primary result of June 25, in particular, whether the party will be a candidate from the party more conservative and/or pro-trample than Romny. Until now, it seems, answer yes; In the field of candidates and potential candidates, there is not enough of what kind of iconobook as Romni. The speaker of the State Chamber Brad Wilson, who has already formed the research committee, acts as “Conservative championAnd in 2020 he introduced a legislative decision Paying tribute to Trump after his first impeachment. However, it can be The most pleasant option for the Republicans of an old school; Second candidate, mayor of Riverton Trent Stags, Romny attacks For his support for “lush ability” and for the fact that they are impressed on Trump. And General Prosecutor of Uta Sean Rais, who held the position of co -chair of the campaign to re -elect Trump in the state and An attempt to cancel the results From the election of 2020 According to rumors, the candidate tooField
But the candidate in the style of Romny is still enough time. Utah still has a lot of Republicans with Trumps-for example, former state representative of Bekka Edwards, the Republican, who voted for President Biden and simply narrowly lost Special primary elections for the 2nd district of UtahThe field is possible that you can leave the primary elections in the Senate if the vote of the conservative/pro-trampe is divided between several candidates. But, of course, not one of the alternatives has a recognition of the name Romny or a financial advantage. So there is no doubt that his retirement is a intestinal blow to the Republicans who do not like what is happening to their party.
