Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney captured his party’s nomination for Senate in Utah on Tuesday.

Romney defeated conservative state Rep. Mike Kennedy for the opportunity to succeed longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Kennedy forced the primary by narrowly beating Romney 51 percent to 49 percent at the state GOP convention. Romney led among the full primary electorate by some 50 percentage points.

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