Kenneth W. Sumsion is a

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member of the

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who represents District 56 in American Fork, the state's largest legislative district with a population of more than 90,000. He was one of the sponsors of a 2009 bill in the Utah legislature to ban most

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cases. Sumsion was a candidate in the Utah gubernatorial election, 2012, challenging incumbent Republican

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. Sumsion is a graduate of

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and is a California licensed

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since 1993. He has been a state legislator since 2007. He resides in

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*''Deseret News'', Sep. 19, 2009
Medical News article on progress of the abortion ban bill in Utah
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