After skipping out on a televised debate earlier this month, Republican Burgess Owens agreed to debate Democrat Darlene McDonald on Friday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m., in their first and only faceoff during Utah’s 4th Congressional District race.
During negotiations for the Oct. 28 debate, Owens’ campaign said they wanted to close the event to the media.
McDonald’s campaign confirmed the debate was scheduled for Oct. 28 and Owen’s campaign appeared to send a text message to voters on Friday announcing the debate. Both parties said details on how the event will be streamed were forthcoming.Utah Debate Commission’s Oct. 12 debate with McDonald and United Utah candidate January Walker
After more than a week of negotiations, the two campaigns settled on just one debate moderated by University of Utah political science professor James Curry, according to McDonald’s campaign. They added that the event will be livestreamed without an audience, that no third-party candidates would participate and the debate will follow the format used by the Utah Debate Commission.