John Mathias Engler is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party,he later worked for Business Roundtable,where The Hill called him one of the country's top lobbyists.
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming,United States. The population was 3,627 at the 2010 census.
Roy Rudolf Romer is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999,and subsequently as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006.
The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party,which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election,known as class 2 Senate seats,were last up for regular election in 1996. The election was held on November 5,2002,almost fourteen months after the September 11,2001 attacks.
Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican,he served as the 26th Governor of Wyoming and subsequently as a United States senator. He served as a member of the board of trustees from 1946-1966 to his alma mater,the University of Wyoming located in Laramie. He was also a county commissioner in Jackson,the seat of Teton County in northwestern Wyoming. Before his death on October 20,2009,he was the oldest living former U.S. Senator as well as the third oldest living former U.S. Governor.
Sondra London is a controversial American true crime author. A onetime girlfriend of convicted murderer and suspected serial killer G.J. Schaefer and the fiancée of convicted serial killer Danny Rolling,she interviewed both and published the results.
Robert C. Jubelirer is a Republican political leader in Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1975 to 2006. He served as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate for all but two years from 1984 to 2006,and served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania between 2001 and 2003.
Western Governors University (WGU) is a private online university based in Salt Lake City,Utah. The university uses an online competency-based learning model. The university was founded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997 after the idea was formulated at a 1995 meeting of the Western Governors Association to expand education offerings to the internet. WGU degree programs are accredited by institutional and professional accreditation bodies such as the NWCCU,ACBSP,CAEP,CAHIIM,and CCNE.
Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming. Before her tenure in the Senate,she served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Laramie County,Wyoming Senate from the 5th district,as treasurer of Wyoming,and in the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district.
John Anthony Barrasso III 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.
Colin Mackenzie Simpson is a lawyer and Republican politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from District 24 from 1999 to 2011. He was the House Speaker during his last two years in office. He finished fourth in the Republican primary for the 2010 gubernatorial election. After leaving the legislature in early 2011,Simpson resumed his law practice in Cody.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2,2004,and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Matthew Hansen Mead is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
Rita C. Meyer is an American politician who served as Wyoming State Auditor from 2007 to 2011. Instead of seeking a second term as auditor in 2010,Meyer ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the 2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election. She lost by approximately seven hundred votes to fellow Republican Matt Mead in the primary election held on August 17,2010.
The 2002 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Geringer was term-limited and unable to seek a third term in office,thereby creating an open seat. Former U.S. Attorney Dave Freudenthal and former Wyoming House Speaker Eli Bebout both emerged from competitive Democratic and Republican primaries,respectively,and faced off against each other in the general election. Despite Wyoming's strong inclination to elect Republicans,a contentious race ensued,with Freudenthal ultimately defeating Bebout by fewer than 4,000 votes.
Cynthia Jo Hill is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 21st Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction,first elected on November 2,2010,with support of the Tea Party movement.
Rita Hart is an American politician and retired educator who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In the 2018 gubernatorial election,Hart ran for lieutenant governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket,with running mate Fred Hubbell.
Kathleen Marie Karpan is an American politician who served as secretary of state of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995,and as the director of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement from 1997 to 2000. A member of the Democratic Party,she unsuccessfully ran for Wyoming's governor and United States senator as the Democratic nominee in 1994 and 1996,respectively.
John R. Perry is a Retired Wyoming State District Judge who served primarily in the Sixth Judicial District,which consists of Campbell,Crook,and Weston Counties,Wyoming. He was appointed to the bench in 2000 by Governor Jim Geringer and successfully stood for retention in 2002,2008,2014,and 2020. As part of his duties,Perry served for 11 years on Wyoming's Board of Judicial Policy and Administration. Perry currently serves as chair of the Judicial Branch Innovation Task Force,which consists of three Supreme Court Justices,three District Judges,and three Circuit Court Judges.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 3,1998. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor,Secretary of State,Auditor,Treasurer,and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election.
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