International Courant
Mike Kennedy on Tuesday received the Republican nomination for Utah’s third Congressional District to interchange outgoing Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, turning into the speedy favourite to win the seat in November.
Kennedy beat fellow Republicans JR Chook, John Dougall, Case Lawrence and Stewart Peay in a packed major pool for the district. Curtis is vacating his seat to run for U.S. Senate to interchange outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney.
Kennedy, a state senator, had received the social gathering’s nomination for the seat in April however confronted challenges from different candidates who gathered signatures to be on the poll. Peay had received the endorsement of Romney, who can be Peay’s spouse’s uncle. Kennedy had received the endorsement of Sen. Mike Lee, who stated he was wanted to “combat in opposition to the Uniparty and assist get this nation again on observe.”
‘SQUAD’ MEMBER FACES OUSTER FROM CONGRESS AS NEW YORK, COLORADO AND UTAH HOLD PRIMARIES ON TUESDAY
From left, JR Chook, John Dougall, Mike Kennedy, Case Lawrence and Stewart Peay, candidates within the Republican major for Utah’s third Congressional District, participate in a debate on the Eccles Broadcast Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis on June 12, 2024. (Spenser Heaps/Deseret Information through AP/Pool)
Chook, a mayor, emphasised his expertise of working a small city in addition to the significance of the vitality sector and agriculture, in accordance with the Deseret Information.
Dougall, the state auditor, had run as an anti-MAGA candidate and had slammed some GOP laws, together with what he noticed as an excessively aggressive invoice that duties him with implementing a ban on transgender-identifying people utilizing restrooms which might be inconsistent with their intercourse.
WATCH: THIS HOUSE PRIMARY IS MOST EXPENSIVE IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY
He has additionally been deeply essential of former President Trump. On Tuesday on X, he additionally questioned the “cavalier method” of any official who swears to uphold the Structure “then endorses Trump following January sixth.” He has marketed himself as “mainstream, not MAGA.”
At a debate this month, candidates break up on the query of army funding to Ukraine in addition to whether or not the federal authorities ought to explicitly ban abortion. Peay, Dougall and Case Lawrence – a trampoline park entrepreneur – had referred to as on Congress to maintain sending weapons to Ukraine to assist it fend off the continuing Russian invasion.
Chook and Kennedy disagreed, arguing that it was not useful to the U.S. to maintain funding the Ukrainians, with the 2 calling for stronger sanctions and the seizure of Russian property.
HEAD HERE FOR LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING FROM THE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Sen. Mitt Romney (Ting Shen/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)
Kennedy will go on to face Democrat Glenn Wright within the November election, however the Republican is favored to win comfortably in a district that has voted Republican since 1997.
CLICK HERE TO GET FOX NEWS APP
Elsewhere within the state, Republican Gov. Spencer Cox, a serious GOP Trump critic, held off a major problem from Phil Lyman, one other 2020 election denier who simply received the state social gathering conference.
The Related Press and Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital, primarily overlaying immigration and border safety.
He could be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.
