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... when Alabama voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will do so without seeing any televised statewide debates...

Citing concerns with the bipartisan Utah Debate Commission, the Utah Republican Party is moving ahead with plans to sponsor its own debates between primary contenders for Senate and Congress.

Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown is calling out one of his Republican primary opponents in the U.S. Senate race for not again agreeing to face him on the debate stage.

Political parties that win elections have earned the ability to make a lot of policy decisions. But their ability to determine who will conduct, who will run in, and who will win, the next election must be balanced by traditions and institutions such as the Utah Debate Commission.

The chair of the Utah Republican Party said the GOP is “95%” certain it will set up its own debates for primary candidates, in addition to debates set up by the Utah Debate Commission.

Republicans running for Michigan governor met in their first debate Thursday night, all staunchly opposing abortion before the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is potentially overturned while disagreeing on exceptions and whether former President Donald Trump won the state’s 2020 election.

Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen says they’re at loggerheads with the Utah Debate Commission, so they’re planning to sponsor their own primary debates for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress.

All but two of the Republicans running for governor met in their first debate in Livingston County on Thursday evening.

A GOP Senate challenger says the Utah Republican Party asking candidates to hold off on committing to Utah Debate Commission debates next month might be a ploy to shield incumbent Sen. Mike Lee from the stage.

The Utah Republican Party wants a say in choosing topics and the moderators for next month’s GOP primary election debates for Congress.

Sam Brown said Adam Laxalt didn’t do enough to save Donald Trump in 2020.

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant rejected three debate dates offered by the Alabama Republican Party, making it increasingly unlikely that the GOP frontrunners will meet on stage before next month’s primary.