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4 candidates are tracked for Albany County Commissioner (two at-large seats) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Terri Jones, Chris Cleven, Pete Gosar and Merav Ben-David. Candidate information follows official Albany County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
August 18 primary result: Republicans Terri Jones (3,678 votes, 29.47 percent) and Chris Cleven (3,242, 25.97 percent) won the two GOP nominations, and Democrats Pete Gosar (1,198, 35.61 percent) and Merav Ben-David (788, 23.42 percent) won the two Democratic nominations over Klaus Halbsgut (521, 15.49 percent) and Erik Michael Boss (372, 11.06 percent), per the Albany County Clerk's official primary results. The four meet on the November 3 ballot for two at-large seats.
Republican · Incumbent
Terri Jones is the incumbent Albany County Commission chairperson, per the county's official website. She is a co-owner of Brad Jones Masonry, per the Laramie Boomerang. 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 Terri Jones.
Republican
Chris Cleven is a Laramie Police Department officer with 16 years of experience as a peace officer, per the Laramie Reporter. He helped organize the formation of a county road district and is seeking an Albany County Commission seat, per the Laramie Reporter. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Chris Cleven.
Democratic · Incumbent
Pete Gosar is the incumbent Albany County commissioner seeking a third term, per the Laramie Reporter. As a commission member, and at times its chair, he played an active role in the Pilot Hill Project, which purchased 5,500 acres of open land east of Laramie for wildlife habitat and non-motorized recreation, per the Laramie Reporter. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Pete Gosar.
Democratic
Merav Ben-David is a retired University of Wyoming professor who led the university's Wildlife Ecology and Management program for 25 years and chaired its Department of Zoology and Physiology, per her campaign site. She has served on the Albany County Planning and Zoning Commission and is a longtime Laramie resident, per her campaign site.
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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