Celeste Maloy to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart after special Utah election win

• She defeated Democrat Kathleen Riebe, a Utah state senator from Cottonwood Heights.

The intrigue: Maloy beat a vocal Trump critic to win September's Republican primary, and in a recent interview with the Salt Lake Tribune described the impeachment proceedings against former President Trump as "political grandstanding."

• Yes, but: In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Maloy criticized the Trump supporters who participated, the Tribune reported last week.

Catch up quick: Stewart in May announced his plan to resign due to his wife's health.

• After Stewart left office on Sept. 15, the launch of his new Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm, Skyline Capitol, was announced by a partnering firm operated by fellow Utahn and former Trump adviser Robert O'Brien.
• Stewart also took over leadership of the Utah Aerospace and Defense Association, a trade group that O'Brien previously helmed.

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