Tough Pittsburgh Kid Hughes Still Standing in the Utah Ring

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When he was 12, Greg Hughes went off to a youth summer camp. First day he got in three fistfights.

The next day counselors sent him to the camp boxing ring, figuring he'd get along better there. He did.

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Tough Pittsburgh Kid Hughes Still Standing in the Utah Ring

When he went into Utah politics, he fought in that arena like he did in the ring: "Leading with my chin, slow on my feet," Hughes jokes.

Now 39, Rep. Hughes, R-Draper, has made one of the quickest turnarounds in Utah political history.

Considered down on the canvas last October when charged with numerous ethics violations five weeks before Election Day, Hughes got out of that scrape, bloodied but resolute. He won re-election.

Just four months later he pulled off a political upset few figured he could achieve...

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