Randall Luthi

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Randall B. Luthi
U.S. government portrait
Wyoming State Representative (Lincoln County)
In office
1995–2007
58th Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2006
Preceded byFred Parady
Succeeded byRoy Cohee
Director of the Minerals Management Service
In office
July 23, 2007 – January 2009
Preceded byJohnnie Burton
Succeeded byWalter Cruickshank
Personal details
Born1955
Political party
George Herbert Walker Bush and George W. Bush
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(2) Luthi's only elected office has been as a member and Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives.

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Randall B. Luthi (born 1955) is an

Freedom, who served as a Republican in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1995—2007. He was the Speaker for his last two-year term, 2005—2007. Prior to 2005, he had been the House Majority Leader.[1][2] Previously, he had been an intern in the Congressional office of Wyoming Congressman Dick Cheney.[3]

From 2007 to 2009, he was the director of the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service.

On March 1, 2010, Luthi became president of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA),[4] a Washington, D.C. based political action committee[5] representing "the companies that develop the nation’s valuable offshore energy resources.".[6] As NOIA president, Luthi wrote to the acting director of the Minerals Management Service on June 7, 2010, advocating rapid clarification of offshore drilling rules[7][8] because "it is not a time for a lengthy and undefined ban or suspension on all drilling."[9]

In June 2007, upon the death of U.S. Senator

special election is held on November 4, 2008. Luthi was not chosen by the Republican State Central Committee as one of the three finalists to be considered for appointment by the state's governor, Democrat Dave Freudenthal. Luthi tied for fifth place on the second ballot and lost a tie-breaking vote.[10]

Preceded by
Fred Parady
Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Randall B. Luthi
2005—2006

Succeeded by
Roy Cohee

References

  1. ^ "Randall B. Luthi, Director Minerals Management Service". Minerals Management Service. 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  2. ^ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Biography of Randall B. Luthi
  3. ^ "The Honorable Randall B. Luthi". University of Wyoming. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Randall Luthi Takes Over as President, National Ocean Industries Association, March 1, 2010, retrieved 2010-06-09
  5. ^ National Ocean Industries Assn, OpenSecrets, June 8, 2010
  6. ^ National Ocean Industries Association, National Ocean Industries Association, June 8, 2010, archived from the original on May 11, 2010, retrieved 2010-06-09
  7. ^ National Ocean Industries Association Urges DOI to Issue Guidance on Drilling Moratorium, National Ocean Industries Association, June 7, 2010, retrieved 2010-06-09
  8. ^ Gillis, Justin (June 8, 2010), "Plumes of Oil Deep in Gulf Are Spreading Far, Tests Find", New York Times, retrieved 2010-06-09
  9. ^ NOIA Letter to Mr. Robert Abbey, National Ocean Industries Association, June 7, 2010, retrieved 2010-06-09
  10. ^ Doggett, Tom (2008-09-11). "US Interior Secretary 'outraged' by oil-sex scandal". Reuters.