Mike Sullivan (politician)
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Michael John "Mike" Sullivan (born September 22, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former two-term Democratic governor of the state of Wyoming, having served from 1987-1995.
His father, J. B. Sullivan, moved the family to Douglas, to open a law practice. Mike Sullivan graduated from Converse County High School in Douglas as the class salutatorian. He continued his education at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, where he earned a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering and then a law degree.
Sullivan practiced law with the firm of Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey, and Sullivan for twenty years and then ran for governor in 1986. He was governor of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995. In his 1990 reelection, he defeated the late Mary Hansen Mead (1935 - 1996) of Jackson, daughter of former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen. Sullivan received 104,638 votes (65.4 percent) to her 55,471 ballots (34.6 percent). In the general election, Mrs. Mead polled only 4,311 more votes than she had in her closed primary. Hence, she was unable to reach beyond her base of support within the GOP.
Four years after his governorship ended, Sullivan was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Ireland by President Clinton, a post he held from 1999 to 2001.
Sullivan is currently a partner at the Casper office of the law firm of Rothgerber, Johnson, & Lyons.
See also: List of Governors of Wyoming
| Preceded by Edgar J. Herschler (D) |
Governor of Wyoming
Michael John "Mike" Sullivan (D) |
Succeeded by Jim Geringer (R) |
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