From Deseret News archives:
Some legislative candidates opt against answering News questionnaire
And many of those "no shows" are incumbent House and Senate members, even members of GOP leadership in both bodies. You can see who answered the newspaper's questionnaire and read their responses (or non-responses) at deseretnews.com/utah/election/candidate/.
On the newspaper's questionnaire site you can also look up which House and Senate district you live in, and find the candidates in your area.
Of the 185 legislative candidates running in the 75 House races, only 65 or 35 percent fully answered the newspaper's questionnaire. In the 15 state Senate races, 17 of 37 candidates or 46 percent fully answered the 13 questions by last Saturday's deadline.
Todd Taylor, executive director of the Utah Democratic Party, said the party did not instruct their legislative candidates to not answer the newspaper's questionnaire, although Taylor did not like one of the questions.
"But I also always tell (candidates) to answer questionnaires of major news outlets," said Taylor, since Web-based questionnaires like the Deseret News' "is one good way to communicate with voters."
Ivan DuBois, GOP executive director, said Republican Party leaders "always encourage our candidates to answer questionnaires."
Several candidates asked to file out their questionnaire after Saturday's deadline. But editors decided that if the deadline was not solid, it could cause problems, including candidates having the ability to respond to their opponents and choosing to fill it out only because their opponents did.
A few groups stood out in their refusal to fill out the News' questionnaire GOP legislative leaders and Utah County candidates.
Among House Republican leaders, only Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, fully answered the newspaper's questions by the deadline. Majority Leader Dave Clark, R-Santa Clara, and Majority Assistant Whip Brad Dee, R-Ogden, did not respond.
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