U.S. House of Representatives

Eight prospective U.S. House members pitched their candidacies to a Casper audience during a nearly two-hour-long forum Thursday night.

After spending $600,000, the Moran rancher said race was too crowded.

Voters can now request absentee ballots and vote early until August 17.

Sundance resident Richard Dodson filed for Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat on the last day, Friday. He joins nine other Republican hopefuls.

Keith B. Goodenough served in the Wyoming House from 1989 to 1992 and in the Senate from 1995 to 2004 as a Democrat. He filed to run in the Republican Party for the lone U.S. House seat.

A dozen U.S. House candidates, half as many for U.S. Senate and most races for the state Legislature will see primary contests.

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.