Difference between revisions of "Matt Mead"
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His mother, Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour (1935-1996), was a rancher, [[business]]woman, and the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1990. She was crushed in a horse accident while working [[cattle]] on her 61st birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Mead-Steinhour/6000000024296488065|title=Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour|publisher=geni.com|accessdate=September 14, 2021}}</ref> | His mother, Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour (1935-1996), was a rancher, [[business]]woman, and the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1990. She was crushed in a horse accident while working [[cattle]] on her 61st birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Mead-Steinhour/6000000024296488065|title=Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour|publisher=geni.com|accessdate=September 14, 2021}}</ref> | ||
| − | In 2014, Mead won re-nomination to his second term by easily defeating the more conservative challenger, Superintendent of Public Instruction [[Cindy Hill (Wyoming politician)|Cindy Hill]]. | + | In 2014, Mead won re-nomination to his second term by easily defeating the more conservative challenger, Superintendent of Public Instruction [[Cindy Hill (Wyoming politician)|Cindy Hill]]. In 2013, Mead began a lengthy legal dispute in which he tried to force Hill out as the state superintendent. |
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Revision as of 19:42, March 20, 2023
Matthew Hansen Mead, known as Matt Mead (born March 11, 1962), is a Republican politician who served two terms as the Governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. He is a grandson of former Governor and United States Senator Clifford P. Hansen of Wyoming.
His mother, Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour (1935-1996), was a rancher, businesswoman, and the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1990. She was crushed in a horse accident while working cattle on her 61st birthday.[1]
In 2014, Mead won re-nomination to his second term by easily defeating the more conservative challenger, Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill. In 2013, Mead began a lengthy legal dispute in which he tried to force Hill out as the state superintendent.
Reference
- ↑ Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead Steinhour. geni.com. Retrieved on September 14, 2021.