Former Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney will reveal whether he will run for the U.S. Senate seat in two weeks.
Former Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney will reveal whether he will run for the U.S. Senate seat in two weeks.
Romney tweeted on Thursday afternoon that he was "Looking forward to making an announcement on February 15th about the Utah Senate race."
Those close to the 70-year-old former presidential candidate have said he is interested in running for the Utah Senate seat being vacated by Republican Orrin Hatch.
Kem Gardner, a Utah developer and close friend of Romney's, reportedly shared a Romney text message with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert saying, "I'm running."
President Donald Trump had urged Hatch, 83, to seek re-election in November -- a move some saw as a means of keeping Romney out of the Senate.
Romney was a key member of the group of moderate Republicans that organized a last-ditch effort to prevent Trump from clinching the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
"Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud," Romney said at the time. "His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University," Romney said in a March 2016 speech. "He's playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat."
Looking forward to making an announcement on February 15th about the Utah Senate race. https://t.co/OLXWZWREEK
-- Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) February 1, 2018