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Rep. John Curtis responded to an attack in the final moments of an otherwise mostly civil debate as Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs accused him of benefiting from stock trades. The last-minute shot marked the beginning of the final two-week sprint before the June 25 Republican primary election to replace Sen. Mitt Romney.

Staggs levied the accusation against Curtis, who represents Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, in the last seconds of his concluding statement, which came at the very end of a debate hosted by the Utah Debate Commission Monday evening.

“This is the problem with Congress,” Staggs said in his closing remarks.

Curtis then paused the debate moderator — former ABC4 News chief political correspondent Glen Mills — who was wrapping up the event, to respond to Staggs’ personal attack. Curtis said Staggs had waited until he would not have time to respond to insert his accusation of what Curtis called “insider trading.”

“You’ve accused me of a felony here tonight. You better have very good evidence. And I’d like to challenge you to produce that evidence,” Curtis said looking directly at Staggs. “If that’s how you’re going to work in the Senate, the people of Utah will be very disappointed.”

Read more about the Utah Senate debate and the latest on the race.

Utah hockey team down to 6 names. Which one do Utahns prefer?

The Smith Entertainment Group has narrowed the possible names for Utah’s NHL team to six. How does it match up with what Utahns want to see emblazoned on the sweaters?

The top three in a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll were among SEG’s finalists, but the other three were way down on the list, including one that finished dead last in the survey.

Blizzard with 25%, Yeti with 20% and Outlaws with 15% garnered the most support in the poll of 889 Utahns conducted June 4-7 by HarrisX.

Read more about the poll results, including how preferences for the possible names break out according to political persuasion, religion, age and gender.

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