The United Utah Party’s Eric Eliason will join his Republican and Democratic opponents on stage for the Utah Debate Commission’s 1st Congressional District debate Oct. 17.
A poll by the debate commission found Eliason had the support of 6.6 percent of the district’s voters, within the 4 percentage-point margin of error for the commission’s cutoff point for election candidates. Incumbent Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, was supported by 51 percent of voters, with Democrat Lee Castillo showing the support of 15.8 percent of voters, according to the commission’s poll.
"It is our hope that these debates will foster conversations and help you decide which candidates will be invested with the great responsibility and privilege of leading Utah and this country forward,” commission co-chairmen Scott Howell and Thomas Wright said in a prepared statement.