Wyoming Sen. Thomas Dead at 74

Wyoming Sen. Thomas Dead at 74

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070605/D8PICR2G1.html

<SNIP> 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 percent of the vote, monitoring the election from his hospital bed.

Two days after the election, Thomas announced that he had just been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, will appoint a successor from one of three finalists chosen by the state Republican party.

Rest in peace Senator Thomas.











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Peace to his family.

In this moment of tragedy, let us not resort to crude and cruel language about the Senator, his words and deeds will stand by themselves for the world to judge, we need not say a thing. Condolences to the family, may they and he find comfort somewhere.

compassion.

Rest in peace, Sen. Thomas.

I wish acts such as yours would spread across the political isle.

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RIP, Senator Thomas...

K&R

Sen. Thomas...and peace to your family.

Guess he had decent manners. So we wish the family peace. Wonder why tho the Dem. governor will appoint a republican. ? Not that in Wyo. , I don't understand. But in what other state would a republican governor follow suit in the death of a Democratic senator?

The governor selects from a pool of three.

so the new Senator must be a Republican by state law.

Now is that only in the case of death or also if they resign to take a different office, like VP, etc. too. Perhaps we should pass a similar law here in California to free up Barbara Boxer for a VP slot!

I don't think anybody's planning on picking Barbara Boxer for VP.

I love her to death, but a 67 year old jewish liberal from San Francisco isn't going to be chosen as a VP candidate.

the Governor gets to appoint a replacement Senator from a list of 3 candidates provided by the state committee of whatever party the outgoing Senator was affiliated with.

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Vacancies.pdf

all states should have that law.

just out of curiousity.

but I couldn't find any info on that.

any citizen who qualifies for the office can submit a petition with 100 names on it to have their name thrown in the ring as well. Then the governor picks from among all of those. There is a time frame for all of this--I think the governor has five days to make the request, then there is a fifteen-day window for all of the parties and individuals to submit, and then the governor has five (could be wrong on the last one) days to decide.

The time frame is shorter in this case, since there is only one party submitting. I think they will have five days to submit their list of three once the governor notifies them of their responsibility to do so. (I'm not positive about these numbers, though :))

Don't mean to make light of his death though. It is fitting that they keep it the same party. I still remember the vultures gathering in South Dakota to see if that would give the Republicans a new senator. And he must have been ill at the same time that Craig was too, if this was since November. I wonder why we didn't hear about this one.

At least the Democratic Governor can eliminate 2/3rds of the selected candidates that he deems unacceptable, so that perhaps we might get a more moderate senator than we might otherwise get from an election there. Hard to say.

Freudenthal signs an Executive Order ignoring all 3 candidates, and selects a Democratic Senator from Wyoming?

That would be a coup! (And finally able to IGNORE JoeLiarman)

:patriot:

And may comfort come to those who suffer.

:patriot: May his family and friends find much love and support.

RIP, Senator.

He did seem to be above the fray. Rest in peace sir.

I remember your posts from his first chemotherapy. Still class.

thoughts to his family

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