Laramie Democrat becomes first candidate to announce run to succeed Sen. Mike Enzi

The race to fill outgoing Sen. Mike Enzi’s seat has its first declared candidate.

Activist and community organizer Yana Ludwig, a Democrat, will be announcing her candidacy for the party’s nomination in a Friday afternoon event at Washington Park in Laramie, where she has lived since moving to the state in 2016.

Enzi announced in May that he would retire from the Senate. Ludwig is the first candidate to officially announce their intentions, though former GOP gubernatorial candidate Foster Friess has said he is considering a run for Senate. Sources have told the Star-Tribune that former Rep. Cynthia Lummis is also weighing a run.

In an interview Wednesday with the Casper Star-Tribune, Ludwig said her campaign will be focused on elevating issues like economic insecurity and climate change that can only be addressed at the national level.

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(Casper Star Tribune)