Rep. Jon Stanard resigns abruptly with little explanation

Rep. Jon Stanard, R-St. George, abruptly resigned from the Utah House on Tuesday, but the reasons were not clear.

A terse resignation letter said he was stepping down immediately for “personal and family reasons.”

Stanard told The Associated Press in a text message Wednesday that he was going to spend a few weeks out of state with his father while he can.

The lawmaker spoke about his father’s cancer in 2016 at an event at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, AP reported. Stanard said then his father was rushed to the institute after his doctors in Montana weren’t able to perform the right tests on a tumor in his throat.

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