Utah’s Republican gubernatorial candidates hold first debate focused on rural issues

Utah’s four Republican candidates debated issues centered on the state’s residents who don’t live along the Wasatch Front for the first ever rural-focused gubernatorial debate Tuesday.Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, former House Speaker Greg Hughes and Thomas Wright gathered at the V-6 Media Studios in Vernal while former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman appeared via video call after one of his staffers tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.“I had a legislator from the Wasatch Front