From Deseret News archives:
Cannon, Jacob agree to debates
5-term congressman faces June 27 primary
Cannon is seeking a sixth term, but Jacob mounted an intraparty challenge in October and edged Cannon 52 percent to 48 in a vote of delegates at the state Republican convention earlier this month.
But Cannon had a 48-28 edge, with 25 percent undecided, in a poll of Utah County residents conducted two weeks ago for the Deseret Morning News and KSL-TV by Dan Jones & Associates.
So far, the only time voters are assured of a possibility of seeing Cannon and Jacob debate in person is at Utah Valley State College on June 10 in an event sponsored by UVSC and the non-partisan group Citizens' Resource.
"That's our whole objective, to get people to have more of a meet-the-candidate opportunity that's not always possible any more," said debate organizer Jessica Connors, director of Citizens' Resource. "It's easier to discern when you're in a room with someone."
The candidates also have agreed to a televised debate June 18 at 10 a.m. on KUTV Channel 2, with Rod Decker as moderator.
A fourth meeting, which would provide voters another opportunity to see the candidates together in person, is tentatively scheduled for June 19 at 7 p.m. at the Salt Lake City public library. That event would be sponsored and broadcast by KCPW but might conflict with Cannon's schedule in Congress because it is set for a Monday, when Cannon could be flying between Washington, D.C., and Utah.
The campaigns also are trying to arrange their schedules for a proposed debate on KSL radio's "Doug Wright Show" and a meeting on a public-access cable station serving Sevier and Sanpete counties.
The Cannon-Jacob debate at UVSC will be the first in an afternoon of political face-offs, all sponsored by Citizens' Resource.
"We've organized it so we can have back-to-back debates for every race that's on the ballot in Utah County," Connors said.
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