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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Managing Editor Ron Gullberg can be reached at (307) 266-0560, 1-800-559-0583 or ron.gullbergtritecom A3 Wreckage no survivors Plane carrying Minnesota businessman and three of his sons is located in Wind Rivers ordeal are the incredibly courageous search team, men and women who have worked tirelessly over the past week to find our boys," the statement said. Luke Bucklin was president and co-founder of the Bloom-ington, Minn. -based Web development company Sierra Bravo Corp. Bonnie Harris, a friend of the Bucklins, said the family had been in Jackson for a wedding and a vacation. Luke Bucklin's wife, Ginger, and their youngest son had gone home on a commercial flight.

Harris said the search team The Bucklins' single-engine Mooney 20J left the Jackson airport in a snowstorm Oct. 25 and disappeared from radar about an hour later. The wreckage was found about a mile east of its last reported location, in the Fitz-patrick Wilderness Area of the Shoshone National Forest, officials said. The plane was partially covered in snow. Bucklin's wife issued a statement Tuesday thanking the search teams for their work and other relatives and friends for their support "Our heroes throughout this called Monday night to say the wreckage had been found.

"This is a sad time," she said. "The love and support of loved ones and their faith in God is giving them strength and comfort." i Bad weather had hampered the search and forced two search teams to spend the night in the mountains because helicopters couldn't land to retrieve them. Searchers had detected a radio signal Thursday that they thought was from the missing plane, but it wasn't immediate -ly clear Tuesday if that's where it came By The Associated Press 1 LANDER -The wreckage of a small plane carrying four members of a Minneapolis family was found in a rugged Wyoming mountain range a week after it disappeared, and searchers said there were no survivors. i ji 1 about 11,000 feet on a steep mountainside in the Wind River Range, the Fremont County Sheriff 's Department said. Luke Bucklin, 40, was piloting the plane, and his 14-year-old twins Nate andNickand 12-year-old son Noah were passengers.

The coroner's office said work would begin Tuesday to recover the bodies. a seaxcn leam iounu uie piane late Monday at an elevation of Southeast ''V- GREENE CARSON Greene looks to unseat HD45's Carson .1 i Kayla Vasquez, 7, watches over the shoulders of her parents, Caitlin and Marce Vasquez, as they fill out their ballots Tuesday afternoon at Laramie Junior High School in Laramie. (Dan CepedaStar-Tribune) Central-Northeast retain seats Parties ative races in legisl Statewide Maxfield eyes 2nd term as secretary of state By The Associated Press CHEYENNE Republican incumbent Secretary of State Max Maxfield appeared headed for another four-year term Tuesday night. With 14 of 48 6 precincts report -ing, Maxfield had 70 percent of the vote while little-known Democrat Daniel Cardenas, an energy consultant from St. Stephens, in House District 33.

Goggles was running for a fourth term representing the district, which represents rural Lander and the Wind River Indian Reservation. In Senate District 25, state Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, unofficially beat Democrat Clarence Thomas, a Fort Washakie drug and alcohol counselor, with 57 percent of the vote. All 17 precincts were reporting in the district, which takes up Lander and portions of Fremont and Sublette counties. Initial vote tallies showed a number of other House district races in northeastern Wyoming were even less competitive.

In House District 40, incumbent state Rep. Mike Madden, R-Buffalo, led independent Richard Tass, a rancher and trucking business owner from Buffalo, 65 percent to 35 percent with 19 of 20 precincts reporting. Tass, who lost to Madden in 2006, campaigned'primarily on changing the formula used to assess property taxes. Madden, a retired college administrator and economics professor, played Please see CENTRAL, A4 By JEREMY PELZER Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE Early election returns Tuesday night indicated that no legislative seats in northeast or north-central Wyoming appeared likely to change parties. In Fremont County, the top Democrat in the Wyoming House of Representatives held off a challenge Tuesday night from a political newcomer.

With all 11 precincts reporting final, unofficial results, House Minority Leader Patrick Goggles, D-Ethete, won 55 percent to 45 percent over Republican By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE University of Wyoming law student Matt Greene appeared enroute to capturing the state House District 45 seat held by Democrat Seth Carson on tTuesday night. 4 With 15 of 22 precincts Reporting, unofficial returns gave Greene 877 votes to 613 for Carson. Final, official results Iweren't available in time meet the Star-Tri-ibune's early edition. www.trib.comelection or the latest stories and Carson had questioned whether Greene Imet the one -year residency requirement for Jthe elected office. I Greene is a major in jthe Wyoming National Guard.

He returned in June from a year-long 'tour of duty in Afghanistan. At the time he was deployed, he lived in another legislative district. Although he said he always planned to move jtoHD-5, Greene didn't officially sign a new lease for an apartment within the district until he returned home in June. Carson never filed a formal complaint. Both candidates said the residency issue did not dominate the campaign.

If Greene wins and there are any objections, the Wyoming House will decide whether he should be seated. Carson is an energy efficiency consultant who has served two years in the Wyoming House. The district spans west Laramie. In another Albany County House contest, Republican state Rep. Kermit Brown was leading Democratic challenger Craig Cook 492 votes to 323.

Brown, a Laramie attorney, was seeking his fourth term in the Wyoming House. Cook, a law student and Air Force veteran, got on the general election ballot as a write-in candidate. In the close race in Cheyenne's Senate District 5, Democratic state Rep. Lori Millin held a whisker-thin lead over See SOUTHEAST, A4 Andrew Simons of Laramie had 27 percent. Libertarian Candice De Laat of Gillette had 4 percent.

Final, official results from Tuesday's general election West Dems win House races in Sweetwater County weren't available in MAXFIELD time to make the Star-Tribune's early edition. Check www.trib.comelection for the lat -est stories and results. Maxfield was state auditor for two terms before winning the secretary of state job in 2006. Simons, a former submarine sailor and part-time pizza delivery man in Laramie, had little time or money to wage a campaign, while De Laat was virtually unheard from. The secretary of state is Wyoming's second highest officeholder and steps in should the governor become incapacitated.

The office oversees everything from state elections to rules for corporations. No Democrats ran for state auditor or treasurer this year, making Republican nominees shoo-ins for those offices. Joe Meyer sought a second term as state treasurer, and Cynthia Cloud of Cody was the lone candidate for auditor. York, a pastor and educator, got 1,070 votes. Other final election results weren't available in time to meet the Star-Tribune's early edition.

Check www.trib.com for the latest stories and results. In northwest Wyoming's HD 16, Petroff defeated Democrat Len Carlman in the first state run for both candidates. The dis -trict represents Teton County and Dubois. Petroff, a Jackson coffee roasting company owner, re ceived 2,150 votes. Carlman, an attorney and public lands coor- Please see WEST, A4 tion bid for House District 17 over challenger Stephen Watt, a Republican from Rock Springs.

Freeman, in his first run for state office, defeated Republican Ted York of Green River in the House District 60 race. He will replace retiring Rep. Bill Thompson, D-Green River. Craft, who was seeking a third term, unofficially received 1,244 votes. Watt, a former two-terra House member, received 994 votes.

Freeman, a longtime area teacher from Green River making his first run for a state seat, received 1,636 votes. ByJEFFGEARINO Southwest Wyoming bureau GREEN RIVER Western Wyoming voters sent a veteran Democrat and a new Democrat to Cheyenne in Tuesday's general election. Incumbent Rep. Bernadine Craft, D-Rock Springs, and Democrat John Freeman of Green River, a political newcomer, won two key House races in Sweetwater County. In Jackson, another political newcomer, Republican Ruth Ann Petroff, won the House District 16 seat to replace longtime Rep.

Pete Jorgenson.D-Jackson. Craft easily won her re-elec-, fTf: '1 I ninny 1J zjttzrtl C.csts Gwtbrcv.T.ir Cj.