Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas dies at 74
Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74. He had been receiving chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74.The senator's family issued a statement saying he died Monday evening at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He had been receiving chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
Just before the 2006 election, Thomas was hospitalized with pneumonia and had to cancel his last campaign stops. He nonetheless won with 70% of the vote, monitoring the election from his hospital bed.
Two days after the election, Thomas announced that he had just been diagnosed with leukemia.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, will appoint a successor from one of three finalists chosen by the state Republican party.
Editors Note: We extend our condolences to the Thomas family and to the people of Wyomng.
We applaud the Democratic Governor not using this tragedy to give the Democrats another Senate seat. A rare thing today- a Democrat doing the right thing.
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