Utah is really a theocracy. The elite of the mormon church still run the politics there. A Utah version of wiki leaks called Mormon Leaks revealed proof that lawmakers there collude with the leadership of the church on public policy. They don't do anything that the church is against. Romney is a blueblood of the church, therefore he's got lots of sway. With more and more mormons looking into the history of the religion (a true history, not the whitewashed version the church rams down your throat from birth- no kidding they tell you that reading anything critical of the church is "anti-mormon" and therefore is of the Devil and it will lead you astray from the one true church. Of course that's generally a very powerful fear motivator, but increasingly its not working as mormons encounter challenging information just by browsing the internet.) the power of the church will diminish, especially if they stay pro-statism as they have been (pro covid vaccine, bending to the shutdowns, etc.). Mormon history is very rich in anti-government sentiment so to have the beaurocracy of the church bending the knee to Big Government is really quite a red pill. So I expect Utah to try to go MAGA and get rid of Romney but only if they don't have fraud issues, which is a big ask at this point.