Word: barrasso
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...Wyoming experts are the best stewards of our land, not radical federal Washington judges.' Wyoming Senator JOHN BARRASSO, denouncing the ruling...
...Barrasso, who writes the newspaper column "Keeping Wyoming Healthy" and is a familiar voice for health advice on statewide TV, distributed apples and oranges at a day-long forum in Casper on June 19 where the state central committee whittled the field from 31 to three. He was joined as a finalist for the Senate seat by former State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis and Cheyenne attorney Tom Sansonetti. The governor also invited each to meet with him privately to discuss the central concerns of Wyoming voters...
...expected until early next week. He met with the three candidates on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons before his announcement early Friday, saying, "While I don't intend to indulge the speculation on why I made this decision, I will say that I hope I made the right choice." Barrasso, 54, will serve as Senator until a special election in November...
There had been some speculation that Freudenthal would pick the weakest from the field, thus giving his party, the Democrats, an advantage in 2008. But initial reaction to Barrasso's selection has been positive from conservatives. Bill Sniffin a widely-syndicated Wyoming newspaper columnist praised Barrasso's appointment, noting that the new Senator presented himself as "very, very pro-life." Sniffin added, "He's one of those rare people - it's not going to be long before he'll become very prominent on the national scene...
...Barrasso ran for the Senate in 1996, losing in the primary to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi. He managed to keep a high profile through his public health advocacy. Bill Luckett, communications director of the Wyoming Democratic Party, noted that Wyoming will be the only state in the country in 2008 with two U.S. Senate seats on the ballot and that the Senate appointee may be vulnerable in the lead-up to the vote, essentially because of his conservative pedigree. Says Luckett: "There would probably be a better than normal chance that Barrasso faces a primary challenge just because the process...