CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Primary Election Day is quickly approaching, with polls open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Get to know your city, county and state candidates with our compiled list.
Wyoming residents may register and vote at their polling places on Election Day, according to the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Voter’s Guide. Otherwise, they can register to vote at their County Clerk’s office or by mail no less than 14 days before an election.
Effective July 1, 2021, Wyoming voters are required to show an acceptable form of identification when voting in person; a list of acceptable forms can be found right under “General Information” in the guide, or on the Wyoming Secretary of State website.
Here are the filings for federal, state, county and city offices at the close of the filing period May 27, according to the Laramie county clerk’s website. Asterisks denote an incumbent.
Candidates have been provided with the opportunity to describe their platform in their own words via Cap City News’s candidate questionnaires. Names of candidates who have completed the questionnaires are linked.
(Federal) U.S. Representative (two-year term)
- Robyn M. Belinskey (R)
- Anthony Bouchard (R)
- Liz Cheney (R)*
- Harriet Hageman (R)
- Denton Knapp (R)
- Lynnette Greybull (D)
- Steve Helling (D)
- Meghan R. Jensen (D)
Wyoming Governor (four-year term)
- Brent Bien (R)
- Mark Gordon (R)*
- James Scott Quick (R)
- Rex Rammell (R)
- Theresa A. Livingston (D)
- Rex Wilde (D)
Secretary of State
- Mark Armstrong (R)
- Dan Dockstader (R)
- Chuck Gray (R)
- Tara Nethercott (R)
State Auditor
- Kristi Racines (R)
State Treasurer
- Bill Gallop (R)
- Curt Meier (R)*
Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Megan Degenfelder (R)
- Thomas Kelly (R)
- Brian Schroeder (R)*
- Robert J. White III (R)
- Jennifer Zerba (R)
- Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr. (D)
Wyoming State Senate (four-year seats)
Senate District 5
- Lynn Hutchings (R)*
- Ted Hanlon (D)
Senate District 7
- Rachel Bennett (R)
- JC Manalo (R)
- Stephan Pappas (R)*
- Marcie Kindred (D)
Senate District 31
- Evie Brennan (R)
- Janet Marschner (R)
Wyoming House of Representatives (two-year seats)
House District 4
- Jeremy Haroldson (R)*
House District 7
- Rick Coppinger (R)
- Jordan Evans (D)
- Bob Nicholas (R)
House District 8
- Stephen Neal Johnson (R)
- Lily Sharpe (R)
- Brian Tyrrell (R)
- Dave Zwonitzer (R)
Scott Royce (R) withdrew June 10, 2022.
House District 9
- Landon J. Brown (R)*
- Dean Petersen (R)
- Alan Sheldon (R)
- Stephen D. Latham (D)
House District 10
- John Eklund (R)*
- Lars Lone (R)
House District 11
- Jared Olsen (R)*
- James W. Byrd (D)
- Marguerite Herman (D)
House District 12
- Derek Goldfuss (R)
- Clarence Styvar (R)*
House District 41
- Bill Henderson (R)*
House District 42
- Ben Hornok (R)
- Linnaea Sutphin (R)
House District 43
- Clayton Mills (R)
- Dan Zwonitzer (R)*
JoAnn Taylor (R) withdrew June 3, 2022.
House District 44
- Michael Reyes (R)
- John B. Romero-Martinez (R)*
- Tamara N. Trujillo (R)
- Sara Burlingame (D)
House District 61 (new district)
- Matthew J. L. Malcom (R)
- Don Odom (R)
- Daniel J. Singh (R)
Laramie County
Assessor
- Kenneth Guille (R)*
Clerk
- Debra Lee (R)*
- Andrew (Andy) McMahon (R)
Clerk of District Court
- Diane Sanchez (R)*
County Commission (three seats available)
- Brian D. Casey (R)
- Sam Eliopoulos (R)
- Bryce Freeman (R)
- Linda M. Heath (R)*
- Gunnar Malm (R)*
- Abbie Mildenberger (R)
- Troy Thompson (R)*
Coroner
- Rebecca Reid (R)*
District Attorney
- Thomas E. Callison (R)
- Sylvia Miller Hackl (R)
Sheriff
- Don Hollingshead (R)
- Brian Kozak (R)
- Boyd Wrede (R)
- Jess Fresquez (D)
Treasurer
- Tammy Deisch (R)
Cheyenne City Council
Ward I
- Michael J. Blakely
- Cameron Karajanis
- Scott D. Roybal
Ward II
- Brian Eicholtz
- Matt Miller
- Mark D. Rinne
- Lynn A. Storey-Huylar
Kelly Wright withdrew June 3, 2022.
Ward III
- Ken A. Esquibel
- Joe Shogrin
According to Laramie County Clerk’s Candidates’ Corner web page, offices and issues to be elected/voted on the 2022 General Ballot include:
- Retention of Judges: First Judicial District Circuit Court, District Court Judge A & C
- College and School Boards (Laramie County School District #1 and #2), 1% Sales and Use Tax, Lodging
- Tax and Constitutional Amendments A and B
