Rammell Drops Out of Wyoming Congressional Race
Wyoming congressional candidate Rex Rammell has announced he is dropping out of the race for the state’s lone seat in the House of Representatives.
He will be holding a press conference in Casper on Thursday to announce who he is endorsing in the race.
Rammell, a veterinarian, ran unsuccessfully in the 2008 Idaho senatorial election against Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Risch, polling 5.4% of the vote.
In 2009 announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor in the 2010 Idaho gubernatorial election.
He lost to Incumbent Governor Butch Otter, with 26% of the vote to Otter's 54.6%.
In 2012, Rammell ran in the Republican primary for District 7 in the Idaho House of Representatives, but came in second place out of 3 candidates.