(AP)- Former Wyoming state Rep. Mary Throne has won the Democratic primary to replace outgoing Gov. Matt Mead.
Throne beat three little-known candidates Tuesday to secure her party’s nomination. She now faces a tough fight in heavily Republican Wyoming to become the state’s first Democratic governor since 2011.
Throne would also be Wyoming’s first female governor since Nellie Tayloe Ross left office in 1927. Ross was the first female governor of a U.S. state.
Throne and Freudenthal have much in common politically. Both are staunch supporters of Wyoming’s coal industries and deeply knowledgeable about the workings of state government.
Throne grew up on a ranch in Campbell County and graduated from Princeton and Columbia law school. She was a state representative from Cheyenne from 2007 to 2017 and served two years as House minority leader.
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