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Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich conceded defeat to Rep. John Curtis in the race to replace Mitt Romney as Utah’s junior U.S.
senator Tuesday night. Voters were still in line outside of polling places, kept open by delays at multiple locations, but national news outlets were declaring Curtis, a three-and-a-half term congressman, the victor in the race. “I’m incredibly proud of the campaign we’ve run.
While the result was not what we had hoped, we focused on critical issues: climate action, public lands and reproductive freedom,” Gleich, a professional ski mountaineer and climate activist, said in a statement Tuesday night. Flanked by his family, Curtis thanked his supporters and pledged to work with senators from both parties. “Tonight is not the end, it’s just the end of the beginning,” he said.
“It’s been said that unity cannot be a slogan. We must make it a national imperative. .
.. Together, we will make Washington more like Utah, and America more like our kids need it to be.
” Curtis, who during his time in Congress founded the Conservative Climate Caucus, emerged from a large field of Republicans wanting to take Romney’s seat to win the June primary election and the GOP’s nomination. Ahead of that win, former President Donald Trump endorsed Curtis’ opponent. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) John Curtis embraces his wife Sue during his victory speech at his election night party in Provo on Tuesday, Nov.
5, 2024. Gleich, on the other hand, faced little opposition for the Democratic nomination and secured her spot on the general election ballot at the party’s state convention this spring. While Gleich raised over a million dollars toward her campaign, which is a big lift for Democrats in deep-red Utah, Curtis collected nearly quintuple the amount, according to filings with the Federal Elections Commission .
Most of Curtis’ money, however, was spent on the GOP primary. “It’s clear that our state is ready for leaders that are leading with love, not hate, with honesty and integrity, not lies,” Gleich told her supporters Tuesday night. “We’re going to keep showing up.
We’re going to keep speaking up. We’re going to make sure we take this moment and make it a movement.”.
