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2 candidates are tracked for Albany County Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Daron L. Wyatt and Aaron Appelhans. Candidate information follows official Albany County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Daron L. Wyatt was unopposed for the Republican nomination (4,137 votes, 66.29 percent) and Aaron Appelhans was unopposed for the Democratic nomination (1,559 votes, 92.69 percent) in the August 18 primary, per the Albany County Clerk's official primary results, so both meet on the November 3 ballot.
Daron Wyatt is a law enforcement professional with 37 years of frontline experience across six police agencies, per his campaign site. He is a small business owner who serves on the Board of Directors for the Laramie Police Department Foundation, per his campaign site.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Hold himself and staff to high standards of leadership, integrity and character
- Serve residents with honor and approachability, keeping public safety above partisan politics
- Preserve local Wyoming character in county law enforcement
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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Aaron 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.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Reduce traffic fatalities and improve mental health crisis response through de-escalation training
- Recruit and retain a more diverse and inclusive workforce
- Stay open, up front and available to the community
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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