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[UT-Sen] With Shurtleff out, new challengers may emerge
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Nov 05, 2009 07:51am |
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| Author | Robert Gehrke |
| Media | Newspaper - Salt Lake Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, November 5, 2009 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A personal crisis put Mark Shurtleff's political aspirations on hold, as the attorney general abandoned his bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Wednesday to help care for a troubled daughter.
"The Senate race has to give. My family has to come first. My daughter has to come first," Shurtleff said.
The departure of the strongest challenger to U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett unexpectedly jolted the GOP Senate field and created an opening in the still-fluid race that may be seized by any of several potential candidates.
"I do think there will be some others who will take a look at it," said Utah Republican Party Chairman Dave Hansen, naming Rep. Jason Chaffetz, attorney Mike Lee and businessman Fred Lampropoulos as possible challengers. "They'll have to make that decision whether they get into it and there will probably be a number of others."
Shurtleff abruptly announced he was dropping out of the race on Wednesday, saying his 17-year-old adopted daughter, Danielle, was dealing with mental health issues and needed family support.
His daughter had twice attempted suicide, but received help, returned to school and her grades were good. But Shurtleff said she had fallen into trouble and "frankly she started to spiral out of control in a whole lot of self-destructive ways."
She has been in a residential treatment facility for five weeks, but Shurtleff said her treatment was going to require more time and support from her family. After June, when she turns 18, she can no longer be kept at the facility but won't be finished with the treatment, he said. |
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