2026 Elections

Conservative activist fashions campaign as ‘insurance policy against’ Republican candidate Eric Barlow.

Wyoming has closed primary elections, meaning voters will only see candidates from their political party on the ballot. Changes to voting laws in 2023 created the May deadline.

Registered voters must choose a party before all candidates have filed for the Aug. 18 primary.

Rancher, distiller, tech worker, Mead is unafraid to stand up to Trump and vouch for public lands.

Campaign finance reports show Casper entrepreneur Reid Rasner leading the way with funds raised, with Sec. of State Chuck Gray and Moran rancher Frank Chapman in pursuit.

Lisa Kinney is an attorney from Laramie who served in the state Senate for 10 years.

Steve Friess, son of GOP megadonor Foster, describes himself as a “Trump Republican dedicated to promoting the America First agenda, defending the freedoms that are a birthright of every American, and preserving the Wyoming way of life.”

John B. Romero-Martinez represented Cheyenne from 2021 to 2023. He also served five years in the United States Air Force National Guard.

Christensen served for nearly three decades before returning to Wyoming to lead the BLM’s High Plains District in his hometown of Casper.

Hand counting ballots is less secure, less accurate and more time consuming than counting ballots using voting machines, according to studies and local county clerks. But the governor signed a new law requiring county clerks to audit 5% of ballots by hand after the primary and general elections this year.