About Matt Mead
Matthew Hansen Mead is an American attorney, businessman and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007. In 2010, Mead won the Republican gubernatorial primary with 30,272 votes, defeating State Auditor Rita Meyer, who polled 29,558 votes, despite Meyer's endorsement by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Mead handily won re-nomination in the 2014 Republican primary, with 53,626 votes (55 percent), compared to Dr. In the same election, Republican Jillian Balow, backed by Mead, won election to succeed Hill as the education superintendent. Mead's paternal aunt, Andrea Mead Lawrence, was an alpine ski racer who competed in three Winter Olympic Games and won two gold medals for the United States.
Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.