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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 hands of utah democrats. utah democrat will likely not beat mike lee, almost certainly so, in a general election. but if the utah democratic party
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, stepping in to lead the 2002 salt lake olympic committee in the wake of a priory scandal. his gop opponent calls michigan born romney a carpetbagger but his ancestors were early leaders in utah s large mormon population. i joke i m a five generation
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 to one senator that said you re going to hate us. scared me to death. this is the time that s critical. reporter: it is fascinating to see. in all seriousness, dana, ann pushed him. why does he want to go be one of