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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Seventeen percent of Utahns responding to a survey said they could name both their state representative and state senator, and another 17 percent said they could name one of the two.
The remaining 67 percent were not certain or did not known the name of either legislator.
Whether they knew their legislators were or not, 36 percent said their state senator should be re-elected and 40 percent said their state representative should be re-elected. About a third said it is time to "give someone new" a chance to serve. The rest didn't know.
The survey of 412 residents was taken March 14-16 by Dan Jones & Associates for KSL-TV and the Deseret Morning News, which reported the results in a copyright story Monday.
The survey also found that 19 percent said they were very likely to go to Tuesday night's party caucuses and 17 percent were somewhat likely to go.
County and state party delegates will be picked at the neighborhood meetings Tuesday. At the county and state party conventions, the delegates can narrow the number of candidates from their party running for county and state offices.
Only 36 percent of the Utahns surveyed said they were "very interested" in this year's elections.
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