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Input: Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has spoken to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tries to publicly prod Romney into running for his seat . 
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has spoken to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tries to publicly prod Romney into running for his seat . 
Talk about Romney , meanwhile , is viewed as much more hypothetical -- particularly because Romney has always been hesitant to close doors . 
Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- Mitt Romney has spoken with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell amid speculation that the 2012 GOP presidential nominee could run for the Senate in Utah , McConnell said Friday . 
A long-time adviser to Romney told CNN that "it 's just a hypothetical exercise" fueled by Utah Republicans ' desire for Romney to run unless Hatch decides against seeking re-election . 
Romney 's talks with then President-elect Donald Trump about the position of secretary of state suggested Romney is willing to consider a return to politics . 
A Senate seat would give Romney -- though just one of 100 members -- a platform to counter Trump , as well , much as he did during the 2016 campaign . 
"I 've had some conversations with Mitt Romney ," McConnell told reporters . 
Currently , though , Romney is on a charity trip in Indonesia . 
Of course they 're going to approach Mitt Romney and say , ` Hey , would you run , what do you think ? '" 
Hatch told CNN on Friday that he speaks to Romney regularly -- but deflected questions about Romney , the former Massachusetts governor who is Mormon and owns a home in Utah , replacing him , saying it is "early to talk about this stuff ." 
Utah Republican Party Chairman James Evans downplayed a potential Romney bid , casting it as speculative at this point . 
Speculation about a Romney Senate bid has swirled since Hatch told the National Journal last week that he has "expressed interest" to Romney in having him seek his seat , and could step aside "if I could get a really outstanding person to run for my position ." 
"While it 's no secret that I hold Mitt Romney in extraordinarily high esteem , my musing aloud on the subject has apparently snowballed into a frenzy of premature speculation .

McConnell says he 's spoken to Romney amid Utah Senate speculation . 