Recently, Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, has been “floated in Senate GOP leadership circles as a possible replacement” to the late Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY), who recently passed away. Today, multiple sources are reporting that Cheney’s office is refusing to return messages and deny her candidacy. The Casper Star Tribune reports:
A lot of Republicans — maybe 20, maybe more — want to replace the late Craig Thomas in the U.S. Senate, State GOP Chairman Fred Parady said Monday.
Applicants already include recently resigned Wyoming U.S. Attorney Matt Mead, state Rep. Colin Simpson of Cody, state Sen. John Barrasso of Casper, and former state GOP Chairman Tom Sansonetti of Cheyenne. [...]
A spokesperson for Lynne Cheney, wife of the vice president, would not deny that she, too, was a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat, according to The Associated Press.
The deadline to file applications is Thursday at 5:00, and on Friday, all the contenders will be disclosed. The candidates will attend a forum on Sunday at Casper College, and then the state Republican Central Committee will choose three names to pass along to Gov. David Freudenthal (D). By law, the seat will remain in Republican control.
(Find out more about Lynne Cheney’s positions HERE.)
UPDATE: The application to be Wyoming’s next senator is HERE.
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