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Utah’s Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Lee faced no shortage of attacks Wednesday from his GOP opponents in what was the first — and likely the only — public face-off between the trio before the Utah GOP primary June 28.

Two of the three leading Democrats running for New York governor faced off in their first debate Thursday, with Jumaane Williams and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi missing no opportunities to attack the absent incumbent, Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Katie Britt will not debate opponent Mo Brooks before the June 21 U.S. Republican Senate runoff, a decision that led to the campaigns accusing each other of bad faith on Wednesday.

For debates in Utah's 3rd and 4th congressional district races, the question Wednesday became about "the elephant that's not in the room."

After a chaotic few weeks of back-and-forth, silence, statements and finagling involving the candidates, the Utah Republican Party and the Utah Debate Commission, a debate schedule that still seems subject to adjustment has come together.

The Republican challenger in Utah’s 4th Congressional District calls incumbent Rep. Burgess Owens a “coward” for not participating in upcoming debates.

State Sen. Don Coram tried to paint himself as a moderate, experienced alternative to incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during the first debate between the candidates ahead of the Republican primary elections.

Fourth Congressional District incumbent Republican Burgess Owens will not participate in any debates ahead of next month’s primary election.

Crist should reconsider and debate his rivals at least twice, or perhaps three times, for several reasons.

Sen. Mike Lee and Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis will participate in a trio of debates sponsored by the Utah Republican Party, shunning the debates sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission.

State Sen. Don Coram tried to paint himself as a moderate, experienced alternative to incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during the first debate between the candidates ahead of the Republican primary elections.

Three of the state’s Republican primary candidates for governor tried to show just how conservative they were on hot-button topics such as sanctuary cities, January 6 and school curriculums Tuesday evening in the first of two competing televised debates in Chicago.