Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Wednesday announced that he will not seek reelection when his current term ends in early 2025.
“Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders,” Romney, 76, said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter.
Romney said in August that he would reveal his decision on running for another Senate term by the fall.
Romney was elected to the Senate in 2018, a return to elected office for the former governor of Massachusetts who mounted a failed bid to unseat then-President Barack Obama in 2012.
In Congress, Romney distinguished himself as one of former President Donald Trump’s few outspoken Republican critics. He was the only Republican to vote to convict Trump following his first impeachment trial in early 2020, a decision that drew a scornful response from Trump and his allies.
But Romney’s animosity with Trump pre-dated his election to the Senate. In the 2016 election cycle, Romney unleashed a torrent of criticism against Trump, denouncing the then-rising star of the GOP as a “fraud” and encouraging voters to pick one of his remaining primary challengers.
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