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Several western [[newspaper]]s called Hansen the "cowboy governor. Hansen's obituary contends that he "brought both the down-to-earth pragmatism of a lifelong cattle rancher and the affability of a small-town politician to Cheyenne and then to Washington, and he was on friendly and familiar terms throughout his career, not only with those on both sides of the political aisle, but also with elevator attendants, cafeteria workers, and staff members throughout the Capitol who called him friend."<ref name=obit/>

Several western [[newspaper]]s called Hansen the "cowboy governor. Hansen's obituary contends that he "brought both the down-to-earth pragmatism of a lifelong cattle rancher and the affability of a small-town politician to Cheyenne and then to Washington, and he was on friendly and familiar terms throughout his career, not only with those on both sides of the political aisle, but also with elevator attendants, cafeteria workers, and staff members throughout the Capitol who called him friend."<ref name=obit/>

Governor Hansen worked to bolster programs to combat [[alcoholism]] and mental illness.<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Martin|title=Clifford Hansen, Former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator, Is Dead at 97|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/us/politics/22hansen.html|access-date=13 October 2014|publisher=''[[The New York Times''|date=October 21, 200|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

Governor Hansen worked to bolster programs to combat [[alcoholism]] and mental illness.<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Martin|title=Clifford Hansen, Former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator, Is Dead at 97|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/us/politics/22hansen.html|access-date=13 October 2014|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=October 21, 200|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

After a single term as governor, Hansen ran for the U.S. Senate seat which was being vacated by the retiring Republican [[Milward  Simpson]]. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote. In a fairly Republican year nationally, he defeated popular Representative at-large Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), a Democrat of [[Italy|Italian]] extraction. Hansen received 63,548 votes (51.8 percent); Roncalio, 59,141 (48.2 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1966.</ref>

After a single term as governor, Hansen ran for the U.S. Senate seat which was being vacated by the retiring Republican [[Milward  Simpson]]. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote. In a fairly Republican year nationally, he defeated popular Representative at-large Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), a Democrat of [[Italy|Italian]] extraction. Hansen received 63,548 votes (51.8 percent); Roncalio, 59,141 (48.2 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1966.</ref>