Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
John Anthony Barrasso III (/ b ə ˈ r ɑː s oʊ / bə-RAH-soh; born July 21, 1952) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
In this November 2012 photo, Sen. John Barrasso, right, and his wife Bobbi laugh with election judges before voting in the general election at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Casper, Wyoming.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2008, at the same time as the regular election to the United States Senate in Wyoming. The special election occurred to complete the term of Republican incumbent Craig L. Thomas , who won reelection in 2006 , but died in June 2007.
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
Republican state senator John Barrasso was appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, by then-governor Dave Freudenthal after U.S. Senator Craig Thomas died on June 4, 2007. [2] Barrasso defeated Nick Carter with 73.4% of the vote in a 2008 special election to serve the remainder of the senatorial term. He was highly popular in the state ...
CHEYENNE — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., was the only one of two incumbents running for reelection this year who showed up to a debate hosted by Wyoming PBS in Riverton on Thursday. U.S. Rep ...
In 2012, incumbent Republican John Barrasso was re-elected with 76% of the vote. Heavily rural, Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is considered the most Republican state in the nation. It has not elected a Democratic Senate candidate since 1970. In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain carried the state with 64% ...
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he will run for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Republican conference after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell steps down from the top post at ...