Roosevelt mayor ends US Senate marketing campaign, recordsdata to run for Curtis’ Home seat

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ROOSEVELT — Roosevelt Mayor Rod Fowl Jr. ended his U.S. Senate marketing campaign Wednesday, submitting as a substitute for candidacy in Utah’s third Congressional District on the Utah lieutenant governor’s workplace.

Fowl had introduced his bid for the Senate seat held by outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney in mid-September. However following experiences that third District congressman Rep. John Curtis was reconsidering swapping a Home marketing campaign for a Senate one, Fowl advised the Deseret Information he was open to doing the other.

The sector of Republican candidates hoping to exchange Romney embrace Curtis, who made his intentions official on Wednesday, in addition to former Utah Home Speaker Brad Wilson, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, and the son of late Sen. Orrin Hatch, Brent Hatch, amongst different 2024 hopefuls.

Previous to his election in 2017, the small city mayor labored as founder and president of Paragon Oilfield Merchandise, which gives pipes and hoses for industrial and agricultural use. Fowl’s transient Senate marketing campaign centered on his rural background, restricted authorities and securing the southern border.

Fowl had loaned himself greater than $1 million for his long-shot Senate bid which is able to now carry over to his Home marketing campaign.

Fowl joins former Utah County Republican Occasion Chair Stewart Peay in vying for the Utah GOP nomination. State Sen. Mike Kennedy and former third District candidate Chris Herrod are anticipated to enter the race in coming days as effectively.

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