candidate. he was a great presidential candidate. he will do exceptionally well in utah. a lot of ties here. but he will be formidable. the question i think he needs to answer for utah though is why? why is he doing this? he joked that his run for presidency was not an actual steppingstone to becoming the utah senator which i thought was cute, but at the same time, if he's just there to be an instigator against president trump, i think a lot of us here in utah would be very concerned about that. kelly: for more on this senior correspondent adam housely has more on the former republican presidential nominee. adam? >> the former governor of massachusetts and 2012 republican nominee for president romney announcing he's running for senate in utah replacing seven term senator orrin hatch. his announcement was pushed until friday in response to the shooting in florida and he somerly touched on that -- somberly touched on that topic at the top of his remarks. he did separate himself from president trump when it comes to immigration. he also addressed his hot and