Mike Enzi
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| Mike Enzi | |
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| 1997 – Present | |
| Political party: | Republican |
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| Preceded by: | Alan K. Simpson |
| Succeeded by: | Incumbent (2009) |
| Born: | February 1 1944 Bremerton, Washington |
| Spouse: | Diana Enzi |
| Religion: | Presbyterian |
Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi (b. February 1 1944) is a United States Senator from Wyoming. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi had been a businessman, who at one time owned family shoe stores, who had later become a politician on the state level, serving in the state legislature for over 10 years. He was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 2002.
Born in Bremerton, Washington, Enzi attended public schools in Thermopolis and Sheridan, Wyoming. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1962. He is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
He received a degree in accounting from George Washington University in 1966 and an M.B.A. in retail marketing from the University of Denver in 1968. He served as mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, from 1975-82. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1987-91 and in the Wyoming Senate from 1991-96, when he was first elected to the U.S. Senate.
Enzi married Diana Buckley on June 7, 1969; the couple have two daughters, Amy and Emily, and a son, Brad.
Enzi has been trying since the fall of 1997 to get laptop use authorized on the floor of the Senate.<ref name="eagletter"> (Fall 2006) "Distinguished Eagle Scout Seeks to Modernize US Senate". Eagletter Vol:32 (No:2): pp: 11.</ref>
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| Preceded by: Alan K. Simpson | U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Wyoming 1997- | Succeeded by: Incumbent |
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| Senators: Craig Thomas (R), Mike Enzi (R)
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