Only Curtis, Allen make Utah Debate Commission cut

PROVO — Only Republican John Curtis and Democrat Kathie Allen will participate in the Utah Debate Commission's 3rd Congressional District debate in October.Jim Bennett, the new United Utah Party's candidate, failed by less than a half of a percent in a poll done for the commission to meet the threshold for being invited to the Oct. 18 debate at the KBYU studios on the BYU campus."I was close, and that to some degree makes it harder," said Bennett, the son of late Utah GOP Sen. Bob Bennett.