Wyoming Voter Guide 2026

Megan Degenfelder is Wyoming's superintendent of public instruction and a Republican candidate for governor. Her campaign emphasizes education, workforce development, energy, conservative leadership, and state control over Wyoming priorities.

Priorities: Improve education and workforce readiness · Defend Wyoming energy and natural-resource policy · Advance conservative state leadership

Eric Barlow is a Wyoming state senator, veterinarian, and Republican candidate for governor. His campaign emphasizes service-oriented leadership, rural communities, education, health care access, agriculture, and respectful state government.

Priorities: Support rural Wyoming, agriculture, and small communities · Improve education and health care access · Bring service-focused leadership to state government

Brent Bien is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, 2022 gubernatorial candidate, and Republican candidate for Wyoming governor. His campaign emphasizes constitutional conservatism, government accountability, traditional values, and Wyoming sovereignty.

Priorities: Defend constitutional conservative priorities · Increase government accountability · Protect Wyoming sovereignty, energy, and traditional values

Ken Casner is the Democratic candidate for Wyoming governor in the open 2026 race, a restaurant owner who has run for several offices. The primary is August 18.

Priorities: Offer a Democratic choice for the open governor's office · Support small businesses and working Wyomingites · Bring an outsider's voice to Cheyenne

Harriet Hageman is a Republican candidate for Wyoming's open U.S. Senate seat created by Cynthia Lummis's retirement. Wyoming's at-large congresswoman since 2023 and a water and natural-resources attorney, she leads the Republican field in fundraising ahead of the August 18 primary.

Priorities: Defend Wyoming's water, land, and energy industries · Rein in federal agencies and regulatory overreach · Carry Wyoming's conservative values to the Senate

Sam Mead is a Republican candidate for Wyoming's open U.S. Senate seat, a software engineer, former mayor of Kirby, and nephew of former governor Matt Mead. The primary is August 18.

Priorities: Bring a new generation of Wyoming leadership to the Senate · Apply technology and small-town government experience · Compete in the August 18 Republican primary

James Byrd is a Democratic candidate for Wyoming's open U.S. Senate seat, a former state representative from Cheyenne, geophysicist, and engineer who was the party's 2018 nominee for secretary of state. The primary is August 18.

Priorities: Bring legislative and technical experience to the Senate · Represent working Wyoming families · Offer a Democratic choice in November

Jason Fearneyhough is a Republican candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary.

Rachel Rodriguez-Williams is a Republican candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary, a state representative from Cody.

Robert Short is a Republican candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary.

Qwenton Eagle Oviatt is a Republican candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary.

Charles Young is a Republican candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary.

Bryan McCarty is the Democratic candidate for Wyoming secretary of state in the August 18 primary.

Kristi Racines is Wyoming's incumbent state auditor, running in the August 18 Republican primary.

Curt Meier is Wyoming's incumbent treasurer, running in the August 18 Republican primary.

Scott Smith is a Republican candidate for Wyoming treasurer in the August 18 primary.

Chad Auer is a Republican candidate for Wyoming superintendent of public instruction in the August 18 primary.

Steve Harshman is a Republican candidate for Wyoming superintendent of public instruction in the August 18 primary, a longtime state legislator and former speaker of the Wyoming House.

Thomas Kelly is a Republican candidate for Wyoming superintendent of public instruction in the August 18 primary.

Ana Cordova is a Democratic candidate for Wyoming superintendent of public instruction in the August 18 primary.

Sergio Maldonado is a Democratic candidate for Wyoming superintendent of public instruction in the August 18 primary.

Bo Biteman is President of the Wyoming State Senate, representing Sheridan County since 2018 after a term in the state House, and spent more than 23 years as a landman in the oil, gas, and mining industries, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Expanding Wyoming energy, per his campaign site · Defending agriculture and constitutional rights, per his campaign site · Standing with President Trump against federal overreach, per his campaign site

Chuck Gray is Wyoming's sitting Secretary of State, elected in 2022 after serving in the state House, per WyoFile's candidate roundup; his campaign emphasizes energy, affordability, and election integrity, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Energy, per his campaign site · Affordability, per his campaign site · Election integrity, per his campaign site

Jillian Balow served seven years as Wyoming's elected Superintendent of Public Instruction and later as Virginia's state superintendent under Gov. Glenn Youngkin, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Educational freedom and parental rights, per her campaign site · Energy independence and Wyoming jobs, per her campaign site · Pushing back on Washington mandates, per her campaign site

Steve Friess is a businessman and longtime conservative activist and donor who was an early funder of Turning Point USA; he entered the race in April 2026 and drew endorsements from former Gov. Jim Geringer and 19 current and former legislators, per Cap City News and Cowboy State Daily coverage.

Priorities: Border security and immigration enforcement, per his campaign site · Wyoming oil, gas, coal, and mining, per his campaign site · Cutting spending and keeping the Trump tax cuts, per his campaign site

David Giralt is a Casper-raised Army Ranger veteran and Bronze Star recipient with 12 years of active-duty service who later advised conservative leaders on energy, agriculture, and national security policy, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Securing the border, per his campaign site · Unleashing American energy, per his campaign site · Wyoming-first representation, per his campaign site

Reid Rasner is a Casper businessman whose campaign emphasizes hard work, self-reliance, and putting Wyoming and America first, per his campaign site.

Kevin Christensen of Casper is a military veteran who worked for Lockheed Martin, per WyoFile's candidate roundup. His campaign site could not be verified by automated check as of August 2026.

Keith B. Goodenough of Casper is a former Wyoming state representative and state senator, per WyoFile's candidate roundup.