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We can now also report that our partners at cbs news project President Biden will win the democratic primary in the state of arkansas. And to round that out in arkansas, cbs news also projects that former President Trump will win the republican primary in the state of arkansas. The polls have just closed in three states minnesota, texas and colorado. Joining me live our emma vardy whos in denver, colorado. Any indication of how who might when theyre in colorado . I dont then they will be any huge surprises here, just as the other states results, again showing wins for donald trump, as expected...

Utah, specifically salt lake city is not majority mormon, it's a minority mormon population. there is a lot of islanders. expanding as we speak. construction everywhere. there is a culture of tollerance that is born out of the work of the lds church, the missionaries that they send all around the world. mike lee is mormon royalty by birth and upset a lot of people in the church by comparing trump to the angel moronai and beclowned himself in the state. it's a state that has always looked with contempt on trump but is a conservative state. now, for evan mcmullen, really, the question is in the ...

Two-time gop presidential candidate thought his campaign days were behind him. then utah senator orrin hatch decided to retire and urged romney to run for his seat. >> i did not expect to do this after i lost to barack obama, did you know i lost? yeah. >> reporter: wife ann pushed him to do it. >> she said, well you can get more done for utah and our country than the average junior senator from utah. >> reporter: romney first ran for senate a quarter century ago in massachusetts, challenging ted kennedy and losing by 17 points. he later ran for governor there and won. but key for utah, steppin...

Stepping in to lead the 2002 salt lake olympic committee in the wake of a bribery scandal. his gop opponent calls michigan born romney a carpet bagger but his ancestors were early leaders in what is now utah's large mormon population. >> i'm a five generation utahen but my dad took time off for our business career. >> reporter: running for president, romney was known to make awkward statements that landed with a thud, not in utah. >> those were built about two and a half years ago but i'm told they're still good. >> reporter: a long time confidant says utah is a good fit for romney. >> i spoke...

Running against him and a lot of party activists who really don't want to see an establishment candidate put up as sort of the clear frontrunner for the utah republican party. >> democracy in action. >> that's the fight, john. >> we'll watch that one play out over the weekend for governor romney, want to be senator romney. in addition, those internal tensions, utah also factors into the democrats' math as they look to take back the house. mia love, a national republican star nationally. is she really in trouble back home? >> she is. i'm going to spend a lot of time in that district later today...