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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Dave Freudenthal (D)
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Knee-jerk national reactions to Dave Freudenthal's victory in Wyoming cast it as a Democratic upset in a solid Republican state. But Democrats held the office for 20 years before term-limited GOP Gov. Jim Geringer won office in 1994. Freudenthal, a 52-year old former U.S. Attorney for Wyoming, beat out former state House Speaker Eli Bebout, whose campaign enjoyed the support of former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson (R). Freudenthal's career began as a state economist and planner in the 1970s before he opened his own law practice. He touted his record on guns rights and promised to find common ground among interest groups competing for access to the state's public lands.
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