Salt Lake Tribune · Nov 13, 2018
Sen.-elect Mitt Romney hits orientation in D.C. and gets a (temporary) basement office
New GOP senators-elect, Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., center, and Mitt Romney of Utah, left, leave a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Cramer ousted incumbent Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and Romney replaces retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has been in the Senate since 1977. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Washington • Sen.-elect Mitt Romney joined his fellow incoming senators at the Capitol on Tuesday, starting his transition into office beginning with his assignment of temporary working space tucked into the basement.