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Republican state school board nominee refuses debate, accuses organizers of ‘bullying’

In an email to the Utah Education Debate Coalition, Kris Kimball claimed organizers tried to “bully” her into participating. Coalition members say that’s not true.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kris Kimball speaks at the Utah State Capitol on Monday, December 19, 2016. Kimball, the Utah Republican Party’s nominee for State School Board District 7, refused to participate in a debate last week, calling her GOP primary opponent an “illegitimate” Republican candidate and claiming that organizers tried to “bully” her into participating.