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Two months out from the Utah Primary and Ally Isom, an underdog in the Senate Race is calling on her rival Becky Edwards to drop out of the race. The two women are running in the Republican primary in hopes of unseating Senator Mike Lee. All three collected the 28 thousand signatures needed to make it on the primary ballot.
During last week’s Republican Convention Senator Mike Lee received 70% of the vote from GOP delegates. Edwards came in a distant second with 11.7% and Isom third with 9.66%.
Isom insists she is the more likely of the challengers to oust Lee and win in November.
She sat down with Heidi Hatch today to talk about why she believes Edwards should drop out, her plan to fix soaring inflation and slowly cut down on the national debt.
Edwards who has been invited to join us in the coming week on the podcast- released a statement on the call to drop out on Twitter today.
— Becky Edwards for Utah (@beckyforutah) April 28, 2022
On inflation, Isom says first things first, “stop printing money and talk monetary policy. The thing I fear most is when the government starts messing with the dials we turn them too far – like the 3rd round of stimulus money that went out. It didn’t need to go.”
On the issue of wiping out school debt she says borrowers have an obligation not taxpayers.
“I think if they have taken on that financial obligation, they have a responsibility to pay it back. The response that it would help the economy that’s what we heard during the stimulus days. I don’t buy it one bit.”
There are ways she says student debt can be lessened through lower rates and reform of higher education.
Isom, a mother and grandmother is now an empty nester with her children now on their own. Her home is however full again. She talks about how she and her husband were able to take in a Ukrainian family who’ve lost everything.
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Senator Mike Lee sat down with Heidi Hatch two weeks ago: You can hear their conversation here.
Becky Edwards has also been invited to appear on the Take 2 Podcast.
Utah’s Primary is June 28th, ballots will start arriving in Utah mailboxes on June 7th.