GOP Utah House Speaker To Run For Romney’s Seat

September 27, 2023 Politics, Republicans

Republican Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is poised to formally announce at a Wednesday night rally that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney, who recently announced he won’t run for reelection.

Wilson, 54, who was first elected to Utah’s House in 2010 and has been speaker for three terms, has all but said he is running. He launched an exploratory committee even before Romney’s announcement and recently said he will resign from his speaker job and the state House on Nov. 15.

He would be the first major GOP candidate to enter what is expected to be a crowded field.

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Breaking: House Speaker Brad Wilson is stepping down, effective Nov. 15. Presumably this is a move to let him focus on his U.S. Senate campaign. #utpol pic.twitter.com/abWmbEfaPj

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