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'''John Chapman Ostlund''' (September 29, 1927 – April 27, 2004) was a diversified [[business]]man from Gillette and [[Cheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]], who served in his state Senate from 1973 to 1978, when he resigned to seek the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination. As the [GOP nominee, he came within 1 percentage point of unseating [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Governor]] Edgar Herschler of Kemmerer in Lincoln County in western Wyoming. Ostlund lost his sight in 1985 because of complications from [[diabetes]]. Thereafter, he became an advocate of the blind and penned his memoirs to benefit the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, [[New York]].
'''John Chapman Ostlund''' (September 29, 1927 – April 27, 2004) was a diversified [[business]]man from Gillette and [[Cheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]], who served in his state Senate from 1973 to 1978, when he resigned to seek the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nomination. As the GOP nominee, he came within 1 percentage point of unseating [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Governor]] Edgar Herschler of Kemmerer in Lincoln County in western Wyoming.
Ostlund lost his sight in 1985 because of complications from [[diabetes]]. Thereafter, he became an advocate of the blind and penned his memoirs to benefit the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown, [[New York]].
==Background==
==Background==