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RIVERTON -- Today Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs officially announced his candidacy to run for the US Senate race in 2024.
The seat is currently held by Sen. Mitt Romney, who has been a disappointed to many who voted for him. As the Provo Daily Herald reported:
“As a mayor, I’m on the front lines of pushing back on government overreach … That’s what I want to take to D.C.”
“The only thing I’ve seen [Romney] fight for are the Establishment, ‘wokeness,’ open borders, impeaching President Trump and putting us even deeper into debt,” Staggs says in an announcement video that highlights Romney’s votes to impeach Trump.
Staggs, 49, is one of several candidates expected to run to the right of Romney and, in the announcement, brands the incumbent as a “Massachusetts millionaire” who moved to Utah.
The announcement was widely covered, including by The Salt Lake Tribune, the Deseret News, KUTV 2, the Associated Press, The Washington Post, and many others.
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