Incumbent Utah Sen. Mike Lee and his Republican challengers Becky Edwards and Ally Isom tried to differentiate themselves at a GOP-hosted debate Wednesday night at Draper Park Middle School.
It’s the only debate Lee agreed to participate in before the June 28 primary election. State delegates supported the two-term senator as their candidate in a landslide victory at the April nominating convention. Edwards, a former state senator, and Isom, a business leader, secured their ballot spots by gathering signatures.
Utah GOP Chair Carson Jorgensen moderated the event. In the runup, one question was the elephant in a room full of elephants: Would Jorgensen ask about Lee’s involvement in trying to overturn the 2020 election?
The answer: Kind of, sort of, not really.
In his question to the candidates, Jorgensen said there has been “much discussion about election integrity and electoral challenges, including private text messages between Mr. Lee and Mark Meadows.”
He asserted that it was similar to previous elections and asked, “if there is a question about election integrity, what is the proper way to challenge electoral results? And how can we restore confidence in our elections?”
Lee briefly addressed his text messages. He said he was looking into rumors about states “correcting alleged errors” in their election results.
“I made calls to investigate the accuracy of these claims,” Lee said. “The claims were false. On that basis, I voted to certify the election.”
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