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The 2026 Election, 18th Edition. Primary Voting Commences Edition. Vote like your future and that of your state depends on it, because it does, part three.

Robert M. Carey, left, Robert D. Carey, right.  Robert M. Carey was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and Congressman, Senator and Governor of Wyoming who received the Democratic nomination for the office in 1910 after determining to leave the Republican Party in order to defeat its machine.  He followed Theodore Roosevelt into the Progressive Party and never returned to the GOP.  Robert D. Carey was his son was a Converse County banker and rancher who was part of the Progressive Party National Committee from 1917 to 1918 and who was elected to the position of Governor as a Republican in 1918.  He later served a single term as U.S. Senator from Wyoming.  Both men are proof who don't have to be a lockstep sycophant to be an effective politician.

Less than one week to go until the primary, which unless something bizarre happens, Trump defects to Russia taking Chuck Gray with him. . . Hageman and Degenfelder join the CPUA. . ., that will be the election for a lot of positions.

Although maybe not quite all.

As earlier noted, I've already cast my vote.  And honestly, in spite of the really disappointing overall choices at the statewide level, there were a few really good candidates.  

I voted for:

Governor:  Barlow.

Senate:  Mead

House of Representatives:  Christensen.

Secretary of State:  Short.

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Harshman

Everyone of these candidates was somebody you could really get behind.

There are others.  I'd note, more locally, Campbell for the House as well as Jarvis. And Engebretsen for the Senate.

And then there are a collection that really need to be sent packing.  Ide, Bear, Allemand, for example.  For that matter, Rasner, Gray, Friess and Hageman need to be retired from politics by the electorate.

We have, we note, only discussed the GOP candidates for the most part.  The GOP, now, is practically two parties in and of itself.  There's the Republican Party, and then there's the Calvinist Theocratic Party, the WFC.  They could not be more different.  One is a conservative party and the other a Protestant Christofascist party.  That sounds extreme, but unfortunately, it's true.

We haven't discussed the Democrats hardly at all, and for the most part, they stand no chance.  There are some exceptions.  Provenza in Albany County will go back into the legislature, for example. But there are a few others worth noting.  James Byrd, who is running for the U.S. Senate, is one.  If Mead doesn't win, Byrd may give Harriet Hageman a real run as on Wyoming issues, he's a better candidate.  I think Mead would beat him as Mead is a good candidate.  If Hageman defeates Mead, and then defeats Byrid, it will be simply because a fair number of people right now would vote for Josef Mengele if ran as a Republican.

The race for Superintendent of Education features two good Democrats, Ana Cordova and Sergio Maldonado.  Again, in a normal functioning democracy, either one would be a good contender in the general election. Probably neither stands a chance this year, but if Harshman does not win the primary, the race will at least be interesting.

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The 2026 Election, 18th Edition. Primary Voting Commences Edition. Vote like your future and that of your state depends on it, because it does, part two.Labels: 2026 Election, Chuck Gray, Eric Barlow, Harriet Hageman, Jillian Balow, Joan Barron, Kevin Christensen, Phil Roberts, Reid Rasner, Samuel Mead, Steve Friess, Tom Lubnau, Wyoming Freedom Caucus