New Senator From Wyoming
A follow-up to an earlier post by Polipundit regarding the newly appointed CONSERVATIVE Senator from Wyoming, The Ross Report’s Richard Ross from Conservatives with Attitude! has the 4-1-1:
The governor of Wyoming has appointed a Casper doctor, John Barrasso [buh-RASS-oh], to serve as US senator until the 2008 election. He was appointed this morning to take the seat vacated by the death earlier this month of Craig Thomas. Under state law, Governor Dave Freudenthal picked Barrasso from among three Republicans chosen by the state party central committee.
Barrasso, 54, is an orthopedic surgeon, originally from Pennsylvania. He’s midway through his second term in the state senate, first elected in 2002. He served the state party in a variety of capacities, including as its treasurer.
Barrasso left no doubt that he will be a conservative voice in Washington.
“I believe in limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense,” the new US Senator wrote in his application.
He said he has “voted for prayer in schools, against gay marriage and have sponsored legislation to protect the sanctity of life.”
Barrasso ran for the U.S. Senate in the 1990s, but lost the 1996 Republican primary to Mike Enzi, now the state’s senior senator.
He’s a 1974 graduate of Georgetown University, and he earned his MD at Georgetown in 1978. Shortly after graduation, he moved to Wyoming and established his medical practice there.
He’s divorced and has two children, a son in college and a daughter who just graduated from high school.
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