Dan Liljenquist and Sen. Orrin Hatch participate in a debate at KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, June 15, 2012.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Related: Text of debate between Sen. Orrin Hatch, Dan Liljenquist on KSL's Doug Wright Show
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SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Senate candidate Dan Liljenquist tried to paint Sen. Orrin Hatch as a big contributor to the nation's debt and other problems, drawing testy responses from his fellow Republican on Friday.
Hatch and Liljenquist sparred in an hourlong debate on KSL Radio that featured heated exchanges over federal spending, Medicare and Hill Air Force Base. It was the pair's only debate ahead of the June 26 primary when voters will decide whether to send the longtime senator back to Washington for a seventh and final term.
Below is a video file, as well as audio files of the debate.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 1
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 2
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 3
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 4
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 5
Sen. Orrin Hatch, candidate Dan Liljenquist debate on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" Friday - Part 6
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You can count on Sen Hatch to tout his record each time he speaks, you can count on Sen Liljenquist to repeat his message that Hatch and Congress is the problem. I heard Sen. Hatch say he would continue to fight for Utah and conservative values. I More..
Here's my take on this long-awaited short debate:
Liljenquist, I think very accurately, described Hatch as being typical of a whole generation of congressmen (Republican and Democrat) that had together created unprecedented debt. He More..
A Senator is a diplomat and the sounding board Dan is using is not very diplomatic. He is still a chest pounder and needs to realize that some people that get elected, in the House, that is, can do what he is doing. The price of getting elected More..