Mitt Romney fails to secure GOP nomination, will have to compete in Republican primary for a US Senate seat in Utah
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- Mitt Romney will have to compete in Utah's primary after failing to secure the GOP nomination at the Utah Republican Party convention on Saturday.
- Romney is seeking to replace Sen. Orrin Hatch as US Senator for Utah.
- Romney was competing against 11 other candidates at the Republican convention.
Mitt Romney has been forced into a Republican primary for a US Senate seat in Utah as he looks to restart his political career by replacing long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch.
Romney already has collected enough signatures to advance to a GOP primary. But if he had won the vote of party delegates Saturday, he would have bypassed a primary altogether.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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