GOP Ballot Continues to Grow
Nov 5th 2007ScottPolitics & Wyoming & conservatism & elections
In Case you missed it, Rep. Cubin has another official challenger:
Retired naval officer Bill Winney of Sublette County says he plans to seek the Republican Party nomination for Cubin’s seat. Cubin last year received 60 percent of the primary vote to beat Winney in the Republican Party primary.
Other Republicans who have announced that they intend to challenge Cubin in the primary include Cheyenne substitute teacher Swede Nelson and Casper businessman Kenn Gilchrist. State Rep. Colin Simpson of Cody has said that he intends to run against Cubin.
Democrat Gary Trauner of Wilson also recently announced he intends to run for the seat again. Cubin beat him by a narrow margin in last year’s general election.
And in case you forgot (as the CST seems to have done so), Albert “Big Al” Hamburg is running in opposition to Gary Trauner in the Democrat primary. For more CST forgetfulness clarification, let’s take another look at Kenn Gilchrist. Every story that mentions him says he’s running in the Republican primary, but let’s go to the early days of his campaign, as reported by the Casper Star-Tribune:
Casper Republican Kenn Gilchrist announced to the Casper Journal in March that he is running for the seat in 2008.
Gilchrist, a 60-year-old University of Wyoming graduate and Vietnam veteran, is not active in the Republican Party and will run an independent campaign, the paper reported. He said he will hold town meetings around the state.
OK, independent it is. Maybe the CST should search their archives.
Technorati Tags: 2008 election, Rep. Barbara Cubin, Bill Winney, Swede Nelson, Kenn Gilchrist, Colin Simpson, Gary Trauner, Al Hamburg
