Wyoming GOP picks Senate seat finalists

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/wyoming-gop-picks-senate-seat-finalists-2007-06-19.html

Wyoming GOP picks Senate seat finalists
By Aaron Blake
June 19, 2007

The Wyoming Republican central committee picked state Sen. John Barrasso, former state treasurer Cynthia Lummis and former assistant U.S. Attorney General Tom Sansonetti as the final three candidates for the state’s open Senate seat, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) will have five days to select from the three once they are submitted, which is expected to happen Wednesday.

The field was whittled down from 28 to 10, then five and finally three over the course of the day.

The appointee will replace the late Sen. Craig Thomas (R), who lost a seven-month battle with leukemia earlier this month.

The appointee will serve until a new senator is elected by Wyoming voters in November 2008. The winner of the special election will serve the last four years of the term Thomas won in 2006.

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[rpannier]

1. I'm so disappointed

I was hoping they'd pick me.
I'm devastated.
Maybe they'll give me Mr. Congeniality

[babylonsister]

2. I'll give it to you!

[AnnieBW]

3. What? No Lynne Cheney?

I guess they don't want Mrs. Darth Cheney to represent them?