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Aaron Appelhans
Democratic · Wyoming · 2026 · IncumbentAaron Appelhans is the incumbent Albany County Sheriff, who came to Laramie in 1999 as a University of Wyoming student and earned a civil engineering degree in 2003, per his campaign site. He was appointed sheriff in 2020 and became the first Black sheriff in Wyoming, and the state's first elected Black sheriff in 2022, per Cowboy State Daily.
Priorities
- Reduce traffic fatalities and improve mental health crisis response through de-escalation training, per the campaign site
- Recruit and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce, per the campaign site
- Stay open, up front and available to the community, per the campaign site
On the ballot
Albany County Sheriff · Wyoming · 2026
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