Utah Rep. John Curtis emerged victorious in the state's Republican Senate primary, prevailing over a contender supported by former President Donald Trump in the contest to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Mitt Romney.
The 64-year-old Curtis secured the win in a competitive four-way primary that included Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, who enjoyed the endorsement of Trump and the state Republican Party. Curtis is now poised as the strong favorite in the upcoming November general election in Utah, a deeply conservative state that has not elected a Democrat to the US Senate since 1970.
