Senator remembered

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell puts his hand on Sen. Craig Thomas' casket after an emotional eulogy.

A session with the senator

Fifth-grader Lauren Podjun, 10, reacts after her classmates perform a birthday song for her as U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., center, joins in on Thursday morning at Verda James Elementary School in Casper. Barrasso visited Alison Seago's fifth-grade class after a student sent a request. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)

Gay marriage amendment rejected by Senate

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., center, accompanied by fellow Republican senators, gestures during a Capitol Hill news conference, Wednesday, June 7, 2006 to discuss the gay marriage amendment. From left are, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., Sessions, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Senate candidates spar over lobbyist gifts

Geoff O'Gara, left, of Wyoming Public Television, confers with Bob Beck, of Wyoming Public Radio, before the debate on Sunday between U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas and Democratic challenger Dale Groutage. Phot by Tom Morton, Casper Star-Tribune.

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Former President Bill Clinton places his hand on the shoulder of U.S. Senate democratic candidate Bruce Lunsford as he encourages Democratic supporters to vote for Lunsford during a campaign rally at the Robert Cherry Civic Center in Paducah, Ky., Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Lunsford is in a heated race with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville, Ky.) for the senate seat. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee)

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Senate candidate takes his campaign and his attitude door to door

Nick Carter, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate, holds the door open to his motor home for Kyle Willmer, the campaign's field director, last week while campaigning in Rock Springs. The candidate's door-to-door campaigning began in April and they have been using the motor home often to travel around the state. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.

Senate's drilling bill could test California's resolve to keep ban

Angler Andy Hails, of Montgomery, Ala., checks the fishing lines on his boat as he trolls the Gulf of Mexico near a natural gas well off the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores, Ala., in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo. The Senate voted Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 to open 8.3 million acres of federal waters in the central Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, setting up a confrontation with the House which wants even more drilling in waters now off-limits. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Senate candidate takes his campaign and his attitude door to door

Nick Carter, from left, Kyle Willmer, the field director, and Eric Hevenor, the campaign manager, walk down a street in Rock Springs after knocking on doors in a couple residential neighborhoods. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.

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Senator Cliff Hansen visits the Casper Star-Tribune offices in Sept. 1976.