Wyoming’s New Lone Vote in The U.S. House
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After a tough, highly contested Primary Campaign, Cynthia Lummis and the Republicans knew there would be work to do to rally the party faithful back to the fold. Gary Trauner’s line of attack was to pull lines from the Republican Primary that labeled Lummis as a career politician that will be nothing more than another Barbara Cubin, all the while contending that he’s a different kind of Democrat. He largely ignored the support he received from union PAC’s and liberal blogs such as the Daily Kos, at whose convention in Chicago he announced his candidacy for the 2008 U.S. House Race.
In the weeks that followed the primary, polls came out showing a statistical tie between Cynthia Lummis and Gary Trauner, largely due to a large segment of Republicans that were undecided. With just a few days to go before Election Day, a new poll was relesed that showed many Republicans had solidified their choice behind Cynthia Lummis.
Many were shocked when the Casper Star Tribune endorsed Lummis, figuring that with their choice of Mark Gordon in August, they would go for Trauner as they did in the 2006 General Election.
On Election Day, Wyoming voters turned out to support the candidate they knew because of service to the state. Cynthia Lummis pulled off a victory of 11 points, edging Trauner by just over 25,000 votes. The win was the narrowest of candidates elected statewide in the 2008 general election, though more comfortable than the narrow win secured by Rep. Cubin in 2006.
The number watching went on through the night, and after McCain gave his concession speech, the race had still not been decided. Shortly before 10 PM, the AP did call the race after 95% of the precincts had reported in, giving her the win with 52% of the vote. By the next hour, the remaining precincts reported in and gave another point to Cynthia Lummis.
Cynthia Lummis has served 14 years in both houses of the State legislature and eight years as State Treasurer. In 2007, she was one of three candidates chosen by the Wyoming Republican Party to be nomiinated to succeed the late Senator Craig Thomas. With her win in this race, Cynthia Lummis has become only the second woman Wyoming has elected either house of Congress, and she is the second consecutive woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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