Trump Endorses Trent Staggs to Replace Mitt Romney in Senate

Staggs had criticized Romney for voting against President Trump in the impeachment trial.

Riverton, Utah, Mayor Trent Staggs addresses delegates at the Utah Republican Party Convention in Salt Lake City on April 27, 2024. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP Photo

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah).

“Trent Staggs is 100 percent MAGA, and is running to fill” Mitt Romney’s seat, President Trump wrote in an April 27 Truth Social post, “as the next Senator from the Great State of Utah!”