Hours after announcing his campaign for U.S. Senate, Mitt Romney spent his first speech as a candidate making the case to a roomful of Republicans that he is conservative enough and Utahn enough — just maybe not as young as they might think.
“I’m not worried about the junior-senator title,” the 70-year-old said with a laugh. “At my age, being called junior is a compliment.”
The 2012 GOP presidential candidate and former governor of Massachusetts is vying for the seat being vacated by retiring seven-term Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. With no other established Republican in the race, Romney is the front-runner and presumptive nominee.
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