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The 76-year-old said the country is ready for new leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrankly, it\u2019s time for a new generation of leaders,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romney easily won election in reliably GOP Utah in 2018 but was expected to face more resistance from his own party after he emerged as one of the most visible members to break with former President Donald Trump, who is still the party\u2019s de-facto leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romney was the only Republican to vote against Trump in his first impeachment and one of seven to vote to convict him in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was acquitted by the Senate both times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romney was booed by a gathering of the Utah Republican Party\u2019s most active members months after his vote at the second impeachment trial, and a measure to censure him narrowly failed. 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