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Braden Hess was an attorney drafting bills for the Utah Legislature and providing legal guidance on the Constitution. There was a problem, though. “It's a nonpartisan position, and I'm a pretty partisan person, so I realized I was in the wrong place,” he said. So, he quit his job and decided to start his own law firm with the intention of eventually running for elected office. Now, he is, and he’s challenging the Senate president, Stuart Adams, as well as Stephanie Hollist in the Republican primary in Senate District 7. Political insider and outsider Hess is not a political ...