sentences:  Hughes earned an Associate degree from Utah Valley State College (now Utah Valley University) and attended briefly Brigham Young University.When District 51 Republican Representative John Swallow ran for Congress and left the seat open, Hughes ran in the June 25, 2002 Republican primary and won with 1,047 votes (53%) and was unopposed for the November 5, 2002 general election, winning with 7,224 votes.Hughes was unopposed for the in the 2004 and 2006 elections.