Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) won the Republican primary on Tuesday to succeed retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah).
Curtis received According to the Associated Press, he received 149,152 votes, or 51.7 percent of the total, while Riverton Mayor Staggs received 82,393 votes, or 28.6 percent of the total.
The other candidate, Brad Wilson, received 39,100 votes, or 13.6 percent of the vote, and Jason Walton received 17,654 votes, or 6.1 percent.
The race finished at 10:23 pm.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Staggs in the election, while climate change advocacy groups backed Curtis with millions of dollars in donations.
According to Federal Election Commission records, Curtis raised more money than his opponent. Salt Lake Tribune report.
The outlet noted that FEC records show Curtis raised just under $970,000 between April 8 and June 5, while Staggs only raised about $260,000 during the same period.
As Breitbart News previously reported, Curtis is a “proud sponsor” of the controversial “Fairness for All Act,” a bill that aims to “destroy women’s sports.” Curtis has previously said he does not support men participating in women’s sports.
The Fairness for All Act of 2019 has been criticized by Heritage Action for America, Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, Christian Medical and Dental Association, and the American Pediatric Academy, among others. Said It looks like this:
1) It violates the conscience rights of medical professionals who refuse to administer puberty suppressants, cross-sex hormones, or gender-affirming surgery to anyone, including minors; 2) It subjects adopted children to medically unproven treatments coerced by transgender ideology; 3) It diminishes women’s privacy and safety and destroys female athletes; and 4) It infringes on the speech, conscience, and religious freedoms of countless corporations, charities, and citizens.
Curtis was a co-sponsor of the Fairness for All Act of 2019. 2021.
Staggs previously Breitbart News Saturday Curtis, a former chairman of the Utah Democratic Party, is said to be “funded by billionaire climate change activists.”
Staggs described Curtis as a “RINO” who switched parties “to run for Jason Chaffetz’s seat.”
“Not only was he once a Democrat, but he was in fact the chairman of the Utah Democratic Party and only changed his affiliation in part so that he could run for Jason Chaffetz’s seat when he resigned from Congress in 2017,” Staggs said.
Curtis will now face off against skier, climber and environmental activist Caroline Gleich in November’s general election.
Gleich’s key issues will be environmental protection and climate action, the clean energy transition, “improving and expanding access to the outdoors,” abortion access, and the economy and jobs, her campaign said. Website.
The state last elected a Democratic senator in 1970.
