In an email to the Utah Education Debate Coalition, Kris Kimball claimed organizers tried to“bully” her into participating. Coalition members say that’s not true.
The email was addressed to Royce Van Tassell of the Utah Education Debate Coalition. Van Tassell also emceed the debate that evening, which was livestreamed through the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics. Debate organizers said they were “surprised” at Kimball’s email and refuted her claims about being bullied.
“I and the members of the Utah Education Debate Coalition have spoken to both of you about the debate series we sponsor every election season,” Van Tassell wrote. “Our only goal is to provide a platform for the public and State Board candidates to talk with each other.” Van Tassell said he’d consulted with other members of the coalition who had interacted with Kimball, including Elizabeth Garbe with United Way of Salt Lake City and Stan Rasmussen with the Sutherland Institute. Both affirmed that they had maintained a “respectful” demeanor in all communications, he said.
While Kimball clinched the state GOP’s Republican nomination, Hart gathered enough signatures to make it on the Republican primary ballot. In an interview with The Tribune, Hart accused Kimball of “political gamesmanship.”
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