Late in the year 2021, James makes the decision to run as an independent for Wyomings soon-to-be- open US Senate seat. He finds himself running against a well-known conservative state senator and an equally well-known liberal state representative. As he challenges the political status quo in an increasingly polarized environment, only time will tell whether his ethics and conscience can break through the rhetoric of the day and get him into officewhere he can begin to help bring about true change.
In this political novel, a man with a unique background and unusual politics runs for a seat in the US Senate and finds himself taking on the political establishment from the outside.
Harlan (Hap) Hansen is a retired natural gas distribution company executive and the author of the novel The GasTrend Conspiracy. He and his late wife, Carolyn, have three children and seven grandchildren. He lives in a senior community in Denver, Colorado.