us senate http://wyomingpublicradio.net en Albany County Commissioner to run for U.S. Senate http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/albany-county-commissioner-run-us-senate <p>Democratic Albany County Commissioner Tim<br />Chesnut says he will run for the U.S. Senate.</p><p>The 47-year-old Laramie resident admitted his chances of victory<br />were small. But Chesnut hopes his campaign will help shift the<br />political climate away from the hyperpartisanship seen today and<br />encourage politicians to find middle ground.</p><p>Chesnut will face perennial office-seeker Al Hamburg, a retired<br />painter from Torrington, in the August Democratic U.S. Senate<br />primary.</p> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:13:02 +0000 Associated Press 24870 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Albany County Commissioner to run for U.S. Senate