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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday suspended his campaign for U.S. Senate, saying he needs to spend more time with a daughter who is experiencing severe mental health problems.
"I want to thank the thousands of supporters who have been by my side thus far," he said in a statement. "I ask for your prayers for my family and specifically my daughter. We don't think our trials are any harder than rest of the world's, but right now, we could use a little extra help."
It wasn't immediately clear whether Shurtleff would drop his challenge to fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett altogether. He said he would continue to serve as attorney general.
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