'''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. | '''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. |