Gov. Spencer Cox has spent much of the last week in the spotlight.

As Utahns and local and federal officials grapple with the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the governor has reiterated a message for Americans to turn down the political temperature and learn how to disagree with civility.

Cox and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, spoke Friday at an event at Notre Dame University focused on democracy and finding shared values. The event, titled “Pragmatism Over Polarization,” was moderated by university president Rev. Robert A. Dowd and highlighted the governors’ success in working across the aisle on issues.

The discussion also came on the heels of Kirk’s assassination last week at Utah Valley University, and examined how the governor

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