Albany County Commissioner to run for U.S. Senate

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:13:02 +0000

Democratic Albany County Commissioner Tim
Chesnut says he will run for the U.S. Senate.

The 47-year-old Laramie resident admitted his chances of victory
were small. But Chesnut hopes his campaign will help shift the
political climate away from the hyperpartisanship seen today and
encourage politicians to find middle ground.

Chesnut will face perennial office-seeker Al Hamburg, a retired
painter from Torrington, in the August Democratic U.S. Senate
primary.

New party head seeks to give Democrats more clout

Willow Belden — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:27:07 +0000

The Wyoming Democratic Party has chosen a new executive director: Robin Van Ausdall.

Van Ausdall has worked on several Democratic political campaigns in Colorado and was the Democratic National Committee field officer for northeast Colorado for three years.

She says she’s excited about returning to her native Wyoming, and she hopes to make the Democratic party more competitive in the state. She says she hopes to provide more support to party officials at the county level and to raise more money than in the past.