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Cubin won’t replace Thomas; Simpson son and Bush appointees head list
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| News Date | Wednesday, June 6, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Aaron Blake and Sam Youngman
June 06, 2007
Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) said yesterday that she is “not interested” in being appointed to replace Sen. Craig Thomas (R), who died Monday. But many other state politicians have been waiting for an opportunity to move up into the state’s long-static three-member congressional delegation.
A plethora of potential candidates, including former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Tom Sansonetti and former Sen. Alan Simpson’s (R-Wyo.) son, is making for a crowded field vying for three spots to be selected by the Republican state central committee during the next two weeks.
Those three names must be submitted to Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D) within 15 days of notification, which occurred yesterday morning. Freudenthal then will have five days to pick one to serve until a new senator can be elected in November 2008.
Thomas, 74, died Monday night following a seven-month battle with leukemia. His diagnosis was announced shortly after he was reelected with 70 percent of the vote in November.
Cubin, a seven-termer who narrowly retained her at-large House seat last year, indicated she will serve out her term but did not rule out a 2008 Senate run.
“I was elected to the House for this term, so I’m not interested in being appointed to the Senate,” Cubin said. “I think that’s in the best interest of Wyoming,” she added, noting that the appointment would lead to a special election for her House seat.
Cubin spoke highly of Sansonetti, a former chief of staff to Thomas. He worked in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice until 2005, when he returned to Wyoming.
State Rep. Colin Simpson (R) would follow in the footsteps of his father, a three-termer who left office in 1997, and grandfather Milward Simpson, also a former senator and a governor.
A third name frequently mentioned is Randall Luthi, a former state House Speaker who early this year was appointed deputy |
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