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2 candidates are tracked for Albany County Attorney on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Joel H. Defebaugh and Edward Kurt Britzius. Candidate information follows official Albany County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Joel H. Defebaugh won the Republican nomination with 3,164 votes (50.70 percent) over Roxie Hensley (1,968 votes, 31.53 percent), and Edward Kurt Britzius was unopposed for the Democratic nomination (1,453 votes, 86.39 percent), in the August 18 primary, per the Albany County Clerk's official primary results, so both meet on the November 3 ballot.
Republican
Joel Defebaugh is a deputy county and prosecuting attorney for Albany County, per the county's official staff directory. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Joel H. Defebaugh.
Democratic · Incumbent
Kurt Britzius is the incumbent Albany County and Prosecuting Attorney, appointed in May 2021 and elected to the office in 2023, per the Laramie Reporter. He spent 10 years as a criminal prosecutor in the Albany County Attorney's Office before moving to private practice in 2019, and currently also serves as magistrate for the Second Judicial District Court and Laramie Municipal Court, per the county's official website. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Edward Kurt Britzius.