The Man in the ArenaBest Nonfiction Book of the Year from the Wyoming State Historical Society There was a time when Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain and midwestern states were as likely to elect a liberal Democrat to Congress as they were a conservative Republican. Gale McGee (191592) was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1958, at the height of American liberalism. He typified what Teddy Roosevelt called the man in the arena and was a major player in the development of