An influencer is running for Senate. Is she just the first of many?

It has been a meme-heavy election so far this year, with a fire hose of content about Kamala Harris’s “Brat” summer and J.D. Vance’s undeniable weirdness. But another meeting of politics and the internet has flown a little more under the radar, in the form of a Senate race that includes, for the first time, a professional influencer. 

The seat opened up after Mitt Romney announced last year that he wouldn’t be seeking reelection in 2024. Though Republican John Curtis, currently a US Representative for Utah’s third district...