3rd Congressional District Poll: Curtis leads Allen by 30-points; Bennett barely fails to qualify for televised debate

Jim Bennett, the 3^rd Congressional District candidate for the newly-formed United Utah Party, will miss the Utah Debate Commission's October debate by a 0.43 percentage point, according to the Debate Commission.

That's what you call a close elimination.

A new UtahPolicy.com poll conducted in partnership with the Utah Debate Commission in the 3^rd Congressional District's special election to be held Nov.  7 -- shows the following:

• Republican John Curtis has the support of 50.17 percent of 3^rd District voters.
  
  
• Democrat Kathie Allen comes in at 19.82 percent.

Those two will be the only invitees to the commission's Oct. 18 debate in the KBYU Channel 11 TV studios at Brigham Young University. The debate will be broadcast by various media from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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