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Mitt Romney could face a 'divisive' re-election campaign in 2024 after backing both Trump impeachments and breaking with conservatives
Story by bmetzger@insider.com (Bryan Metzger)
'For context, President Barack Obama’s campaign spent about 1½ times what Republican Mitt Romney’s did in the 2012 election, totaling about $11 per vote versus Romney’s $8. (If you include spending .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/12/07/both-romney-and-obama-ran-1-billion-campaigns/ .. by PACs and national committees, the numbers are closer — and higher.)'
Sen. Mitt Romney has frequently broken with conservatives in the last four years and says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll seek re-election. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
* Mitt Romney is perhaps the most anti-Trump Republican senator and has often broken with the GOP.
* Now, he has to decide whether to seek re-election — and how he'll explain himself to party faithful.
* The chairman of the Utah GOP told Insider that Romney "may have an uphill battle on his hands."
When Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was elected to the US Senate in 2018, he had the explicit backing of then-President Donald Trump.
Four years later, it wouldn't be a mistake to call him the most anti-Trump Republican in the chamber. And he still hasn't said whether he'll seek re-election in his deep-red state next year.
"Anybody that thinks this isn't gonna be a divided race, and a divisive one, is either lying to you or they don't know," said Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen in a phone interview with Insider.
Romney voted to convict the former president during both of his impeachments, first on abuse of power charges in 2020 and then incitement of an insurrection in 2021. And it's not hard for reporters on Capitol Hill to seek out Romney for a quip about the former president. After the 2022 midterm elections, the senator was quoted calling Trump an "albatross" on the party's electoral prospects and a "gargoyle" hanging over the Republican Party.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitt-romney-could-face-a-divisive-re-election-campaign-in-2024-after-backing-both-trump-impeachments-and-breaking-with-conservatives/ar-AA16AKhE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=192e8000e8554caf82716f2d2f7ad10e
Story by bmetzger@insider.com (Bryan Metzger)
'For context, President Barack Obama’s campaign spent about 1½ times what Republican Mitt Romney’s did in the 2012 election, totaling about $11 per vote versus Romney’s $8. (If you include spending .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/12/07/both-romney-and-obama-ran-1-billion-campaigns/ .. by PACs and national committees, the numbers are closer — and higher.)'
Sen. Mitt Romney has frequently broken with conservatives in the last four years and says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll seek re-election. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
* Mitt Romney is perhaps the most anti-Trump Republican senator and has often broken with the GOP.
* Now, he has to decide whether to seek re-election — and how he'll explain himself to party faithful.
* The chairman of the Utah GOP told Insider that Romney "may have an uphill battle on his hands."
When Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was elected to the US Senate in 2018, he had the explicit backing of then-President Donald Trump.
Four years later, it wouldn't be a mistake to call him the most anti-Trump Republican in the chamber. And he still hasn't said whether he'll seek re-election in his deep-red state next year.
"Anybody that thinks this isn't gonna be a divided race, and a divisive one, is either lying to you or they don't know," said Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen in a phone interview with Insider.
Romney voted to convict the former president during both of his impeachments, first on abuse of power charges in 2020 and then incitement of an insurrection in 2021. And it's not hard for reporters on Capitol Hill to seek out Romney for a quip about the former president. After the 2022 midterm elections, the senator was quoted calling Trump an "albatross" on the party's electoral prospects and a "gargoyle" hanging over the Republican Party.
Continue...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitt-romney-could-face-a-divisive-re-election-campaign-in-2024-after-backing-both-trump-impeachments-and-breaking-with-conservatives/ar-AA16AKhE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=192e8000e8554caf82716f2d2f7ad10e
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