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Mitt Romney passes on 2024 re-election run, citing his age

By
Ryan King
Published Sep. 13, 2023
Updated Sep. 13, 2023, 3:49 p.m. ET

Sen. Mitt Romney, 76, announced Wednesday he will not vie for a second Senate term in 2024, saying it was time for a younger cohort to take the political stage. opening up a Senate seat in Utah.

“I spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid 80s. Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders,” Romney declared in a video posted to social media.

Romney, the GOP’s presidential nominee in 2012, had been one of the most vocal Republican critics of former President Donald Trump in the Senate.

Underscoring that he’s “not retiring from the fight,” Romney warned of mounting national difficulties ranging from a belligerent Russia and China to the ballooning national debt. 

“Neither President Biden nor former President Trump are leading their party to confront those issues,” he stressed, hitting both of them for eschewing entitlement reform. 

“Political motivations too often impede the solutions that these challenges demand,” he continued. “The next generation of leaders must take America to the next stage of global leadership.”

Mitt Romney will not run for re-election in 2024, the senator announced Wednesday. Senator Mitt Romney

Despite frequently serving as a political punching bag for Trump and his disciples, Romney stressed that he loves the upper chamber and is proud of his accomplishments on bipartisan legislation on issues like guns and infrastructure. 

“Contrary to a lot of expectations, I enjoy my work in the Senate a good deal. The last few years have been particularly productive,” he said. “It is a profound honor to serve Utah and the country and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so.”

The Utah senator is bowing out of consideration for a second term at a time when many of the nation’s leaders are in their 70s and 80s. 

President Biden, 80, is the oldest chief executive in US history and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is 81.

Senator Mitt Romney speaks with reporters during a news conference where he discussed his intention not to seek reelection following the end of his current term, on Wednesday.
Senator Mitt Romney speaks with reporters during a news conference where he discussed his intention not to seek reelection following the end of his current term, on Wednesday. REUTERS

Last week, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83, announced plans to seek re-election next year.

If Romney were to have won a second term in the Senate, it would run until January 2031, when he would be 83 years old.

Romney was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. 

Three of them are no longer in office, having either resigned or retired. 

With Romney out of the picture, Utah’s Senate seat is now up for grabs. Romney won a spirited fight to succeed the late Sen. Orrin Hatch in 2018.

Last month, dozens of Utah Republican lawmakers threw their weight behind state House Speaker Brad Wilson, who formed an exploratory committee for a Senate run back in April. 

During his time in the Senate, Romney emerged as a key ally of McConnell, who has faced renewed questions about his leadership following a handful of health scares.