Chris Henrichsen, Democrat, is running for Congress in Wyoming against well-funded Republican Representative Cynthia Lummis. Not only that, he’s a Mormon. While he hasn’t been featured in “I’m a Mormon” commercials yet, he has been in the Washington Post and written up by the AP in papers across the country. Henrichsen may be waging a David v. Goliath battle, but he is giving it his all.
Unlike that other well-known Mormon candidate, Henrichsen isn’t riding around Wyoming in a well-appointed bus. He spoke with me recently via Skype from the front seat of his Suburban as his wife drove him to another campaign engagement. Chris, a very amenable guy, is not only running for congress, but teaching SIX sections of Political Science at Casper College. That would be yeoman’s duty without running for congress, but in an election where his opponent has about 40 million to spend, it’s a bit daunting! Students have a good attitude about his run for congress, he told me, and it makes for great classroom conversation.
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