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In 1958, Moss ran for the U. S. Senate against two-term incumbent Arthur V. Watkins, a close ally of both the Eisenhower administration and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( see also Mormon ), and also against J. Bracken Lee, a non-Mormon and former two-term Utah governor ( 1949 – 57 ), who was running as an independent after losing to Watkins in the Republican primary.

The Republican vote was split in the general election, largely over local dissatisfaction with Watkins ' having chaired the committee that censured Senator Joseph McCarthy, and Moss won election with less than 40 percent of the vote.