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  Wyoming, 1 door at a time
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News DateWednesday, July 12, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description“I’m Gary Trauner and I am running for the U.S. House of Representatives. I am going door to door across Wyoming and have knocked on almost 10,000 doors.”

It is an introduction Trauner, 47, has been practicing since early January, when he declared his candidacy. Since then, accompanied by a small cadre of loyal volunteers, he has kept a frenetic schedule crisscrossing the state, giving press conferences, and attending events. Mostly he has been knocking on doors.

“I need name recognition and I need to meet as many people as possible, because the only way I am going to win as a Democrat – and I admit it is going to be an uphill battle – is to get people past the label and the only way I am going to do that is to let them get to know who I am,” he says.

His quest has taken him to within three doors of the home of Wyoming’s six-term incumbent Congresswoman. “I decided not to push it,” he laughs.

“He is starting to get the attention of folks around the state and the country,” Gierau continued.

Some of those people include National Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean.

Trauner got an audience with Dean and stressed why the DNC chairman should support him with a business-based argument.

“This is essentially a cheap seat; this is not a $10 million race or even a $5 million race and so the return on the investment could be huge, because, let’s face it, a seat is a seat,” Trauner says.“I wanted their financial support, but I also wanted them to know that I am not going to agree with Howard Dean or a someone from Massachusetts on everything. I am a pro-business, pro-gun Democrat.

The next day, the DNC featured Trauner on the opening page of its Web site. Shortly after, a Rasmussen Reports poll showed Trauner to be tied with Cubin 47 percent to 43 percent, (with a 4 percent margin of error) and Congressional Quarterly changed its status of the race from “Safe Republican” to “Republican Favored.”
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