Rep. Chris Stewart, Kael Weston and Libertarian Robert Latham to meet in only debate of the 2nd District race

Rep. Chris Stewart and the two political hopefuls who are trying to unseat him are facing each other Monday night for the first and only debate of the 2nd Congressional District race.

Democrat Kael Weston and Libertarian J. Robert Latham are campaigning to depose Stewart, a Republican who has served in Congress since 2013. The Utah Debate Commission is hosting the event, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

Recent polling in the race shows that Stewart has a healthy lead over his rivals, with about 48% of those polled saying they’d vote for the incumbent if the election were held that day. Weston trailed with 28% support, and Latham came in third place with 6.5%, according to the Debate Commission poll conducted Aug. 31 to Sept. 12.

The survey’s margin of error was plus or minus 4.38 percentage points.

In 2018, Stewart beat Democrat Shireen Ghorbani, who’s now serving on the Salt Lake County Council, by 56% to 39%.

The candidates will also be participating in a virtual event Thursday at Dixie State University, but they will be speaking separately with the moderator.

This story will be updated.

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