Pro-Trump Candidate Wins US House Seat
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A Pro-Trump candidate just won in Utah.
Republican Celeste Maloy, who is a supporter of Donald Trump, beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, to fill the last open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Republican Celeste Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, a self-described moderate, to win Utah’s special election Tuesday night, filling the last remaining open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Associated Press called the race at 8:36 p.m. local time.
The election, which was held in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, was triggered by the resignation of former Republican Rep. Chris Stewart, who left Congress in September due to his wife’s unspecified illness.
She won a three-way primary in September beating a critic of Donald Trump.
Maloy won a three-way GOP special election primary in September, defeating Trump critic and former state Rep. Becky Edwards.
Maloy faced a lawsuit claiming she was ineligible to run as a Republican due to issues with her Utah voter registration.
Maloy did not vote in the 2020 and 2022 federal elections in Utah. She was living in Virginia at the time to work for Stewart.
