Former GOP Congressman Howard C. Nielson has announced he will run for the seat in the Utah Senate being vacated by one of the Senate's firebrand conservatives.

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Sen. Charles Stewart, a plastic surgeon who was among the most vocal conservatives during the 1996 Legislature, has said he won't run again. Stewart made news this year by leading the rhetorical war against gay clubs in Utah high schools.

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