 In the closest Senate election of his career since after 1962, Kennedy won by a reasonably comfortable margin, despite a series of losses for Democrats around the country, including control of the US Senate.Despite Romney's loss in this race, this would not be his last Senatorial bid.After reestablishing residence in Utah and nearly 24 years after the loss, Romney won the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Utah for the open seat vacated by Senator Orrin Hatch.