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Republican senator dies
Jun 5, 2007, 3:59 GMT
Washington - Conservative Republican Senator Craig Thomas died late Monday from leukemia at the age of 74, according to the Washington political newspaper The Hill.
Thomas died with his family at his side in the National Naval Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was undergoing a second round of chemotherapy for the disease, a form of blood cancer, the report said.
His death could set up a succession battle as his replacement will be appointed by the Wyoming state governor, a Democrat. Governor Dave Freudenthal will choose from three candidates selected by the state's Republican Party.
Thomas had been battling leukemia for two years. A popular former congressman, he was first elected to the Senate in 1994 and won re-election twice, most recently with 70 per cent of the vote.
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