| office=State Senator for Campbell and Johnson counties
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| office=State Senator for<br> Campbell and Johnson counties
| term_start=1973
| term_start=1973
| term_end=1978
| term_end=1978
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|preceded=Richard A. Mader
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| preceded=Richard A. Mader
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|succeeded=Catherine M. Parks
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| succeeded=Catherine M. Parks
| birth_date=September 29, 1927
| birth_date=September 29, 1927
| birth_place=Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming
| birth_place=Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming
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(1) Ostlund came within 2,378 votes (1 percent) of winning the [[Wyoming]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[general election]] of 1978.
(1) Ostlund came within 2,378 votes (1 percent) of winning the [[Wyoming]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[general election]] of 1978.
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(2) Ostlund's Wyoming State Senate] service focused primarily on mineral development and promoting economic progress in the nation's least populous state.<br>
(2) Ostlund's Wyoming State Senate] service focused primarily on mineral development and promoting economic progress in the nation's least populous state.<br>