Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas Dies of Leukemia at Age 74
EmailABC News’ Tahman Bradley Reports: US Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming died Monday of complications from leukemia, a spokesman and his family say. He was 74. Thomas had been battling cancer and was receiving treatment for a form of leukemia at the National Naval Medical Center.
A Thomas spokesman said Monday afternoon that doctors had been administering a second round of chemotherapy to control his leukemia but that the senator’s blood cancer was complicating his treatment.
Thomas, a Republican, announced he had been diagnosed with leukemia shortly after winning a third term by a landslide margin in 2006.
He won a special election in 1989 to replace Dick Cheney in the House of Representatives when Cheney was appointed Secretary of Defense by President George H.W. Bush. He was first elected to the Senate in 1994.
Raised on a Wyoming ranch, Thomas served in the United States Marine Corps after college. He is survived by his wife, Susan, and four children.
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Posted by: John | June 4, 2007, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
A sad day for Wyoming. He will be missed.
Posted by: Wes | June 4, 2007, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm
Agreed Wes. He will be missed in our state. Thoughts and prayers going out to his family.
Posted by: wytammic | June 5, 2007, 12:10 am 12:10 am
Wow a man dies and all some can think of is “I don’t suppose Wyoming has a loophole so we can replace this guy with a Democrat, do they? Too much to hope for, I guess” Now that’s class in politics right there!
Posted by: TexBork | June 5, 2007, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
Yeah he failed to tell the voters of Wyoming that he had cancer till after the election. That way the Republicans can keep the seat after he died. Even in death the lies and deceit keeps coming.
Posted by: WyoGuy | June 5, 2007, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm
TEXBORK…glad you noticed the hypocrisy that you right wing wackos practice…and my post you refer to seems to be removed now, so you can go back to HUSH BIMBO and get some more comfort food for thought…
Posted by: daddy | June 6, 2007, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
In most states a governor can fill a vacancy with whomever he wishes. (f Senator Tim Johnson had died of his illness the Republican governor of South Dakota could have — and no doubt would have — appointed a Republican.) What is special about Wyoming that prevents its governor from doing this?
Posted by: Andrew | June 6, 2007, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm