Meet the ‘plain old guy’ who could end Mitt Romney’s political career

By Daniel Allott

Published June 13, 2018 12:00am ET

Meet the ‘plain old guy’ who could end Mitt Romney’s political career — SALT LAKE CITY — The way Mike Kennedy sees it, he’s “just a plain old guy.” He’s no Mitt Romney, the millionaire Republican elder statesman and Kennedy’s opponent for the party’s nomination for Utah’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat. And he’s certainly no Ted Kennedy, the late liberal senator with whom he shares a surname but not […]

SALT LAKE CITY — The way Mike Kennedy sees it, he’s “just a plain old guy.” He’s no Mitt Romney, the millionaire Republican elder statesman and Kennedy’s opponent for the party’s nomination for Utah’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat. And he’s certainly no Ted Kennedy, the late liberal senator with whom he shares a surname but not a bloodline.

Nope. Mike Kennedy’s “just a plain old guy” who “comes from dirt.”