{"id":2014526,"date":"2023-08-28T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-in-utah-remain-undecided-one-week-before-primary-to-replace-rep-chris-stewart-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:53:53","slug":"gop-voters-in-utah-remain-undecided-one-week-before-primary-to-replace-rep-chris-stewart-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-in-utah-remain-undecided-one-week-before-primary-to-replace-rep-chris-stewart-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah GOP voters undecided before primary to replace Rep. Chris Stewart: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-voters-in-utah-remain-undecided-one-week-before-primary-to-replace-rep-chris-stewart-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Plurality of GOP Voters Undecided in Utah Congressional Race<\/h2>\n<p>With just one \u200dweek to go until \u200dthe GOP special primary to replace Rep. Chris Stewart\u2063 (R-UT), a <strong>plurality of Republican voters<\/strong> in the \u200b2nd\u200d Congressional District of Utah remain undecided on \u2062who to choose as \u200btheir party\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 32% of GOP voters\u200c say they plan to back former state Rep. Becky Edwards, giving her a significant boost over candidates Bruce Hough, who garnered 11% of the vote, and Celeste \u200bMaloy, with 9%, according to a recent poll by Deseret News and the\u2063 Hinckley\u2064 Institute for Politics. However, <strong>47% \u200dof likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-most-important-senate-races-in-2022\/\" title=\"These Are The Most Important Senate Races In 2022\">primary voters remain undecided<\/a><\/strong>, leaving the\u200d race in a state of uncertainty as ballots\u200d are returned over the next week.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Unique Race \u200dwith Limited Timeframe<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is such a unique race because of \u200cthe timeframe and the limited ability that these candidates have had to\u200d truly get \u2064a message \u2062throughout the 2nd Congressional District,\u201d said Jason Perry, director\u200d of the Hinckley Institute. \u201cA consistent dynamic\u2064 of a special election is there\u2019s always a candidate \u2062or two that people don\u2019t know very well \u2026 [but] this is\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-in-utah-remain-undecided-one-week-before-primary-to-replace-rep-chris-stewart-poll\/\" title=\"Utah GOP voters undecided before primary to replace Rep. Chris Stewart: Poll\">pretty big \u2018don\u2019<\/a>t know\u2019 for being so close to \u200cthe election time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mail-in ballots for the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a> were sent out to voters \u200don Aug. 15, just three weeks ahead of Election \u200cDay \u200bon Sept. 5. \u2063The latest poll was conducted\u2062 before ballots were sent out, \u200bmaking it possible several of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks\">undecided voters<\/a> are just now beginning to engage with \u2062the race,\u200b putting the \u200bcandidates in a last-minute dash to win over their support.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart announced he would\u200d be retiring from his House seat in late May, citing his wife\u2019s illness as the reason \u2064for \u2062his \u200dearly departure from the seat he\u2019s held for 10 years. The six-term lawmaker will step down from Congress \u200don\u2062 Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO\u2062 READ MORE\u2064 FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GOP primary election next week is likely to determine which candidate will win the general election in November because the 2nd District has elected a Republican to hold the\u200c seat since 2012. As a result, the race is expected \u2064to favor the GOP candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards benefits from widespread name recognition, \u200dwhich she was able to \u200ddevelop after serving five terms in the state House of Representatives and launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marianne-williamson-teases-2024-biden-primary-rematch\/\" title=\"Marianne Williamson Teases 2024 Biden Primary Rematch\">high-profile challenge<\/a> to Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) last year. If\u200c she wins, it will mark the first time a female candidate was elected\u200d to represent \u2063the 2nd District since 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a week left for the GOP special primary in Utah&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District, a significant number of Republican voters are still undecided about their party&#8217;s nominee. Around 32% of GOP voters intend to support former state Rep. Becky Edwards, leaving the majority yet to make a decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2014527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}