Could a Trump endorsement decide the Utah Senate race?
The campaign event at Riverton High School Thursday night had all the trappings of a Donald Trump rally minus the man himself. A crowd, several hundred strong, speckled with several dozen MAGA-red ball caps, clapped and cheered for U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs as he took the stage alongside the self-described “Trumpiest Congressman,” Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. The assortment of state delegates, Republican primary voters and Utah residents — from Tremonton to St. George — were gathered to hear Gaetz’s endorsement of Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, who is ...