August 18 primary result: in a 10-way Republican field for three seats, Scott A. Steward (4,779 votes, about 17 percent of votes cast), Barbara A. Poley (4,208, about 15 percent) and Lloyd E. Thiel (3,555, about 12 percent) won the party's three nominations over Dan Laursen (2,542), Karin Richard (2,231), Tim Lasseter (2,146), Andrew C. Whitlock (1,946), Thomas Bucky Hall (1,719), Duncan Bonine (1,075) and Joseph Baugher (216); no Democrats filed for county commissioner, so the three Republicans are unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results and general election candidate filing list.
Scott A. Steward · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Steward is the incumbent chairman of the Park County Board of County Commissioners, per the county's 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 Scott A. Steward.
Barbara A. Poley · Republican▾
Poley is the sitting Park County Treasurer, elected to that office in 2010, and is running for commissioner rather than reelection as treasurer, per her campaign site. She has 32 years of local banking experience and is a Cody High School and Northwest College graduate who has lived in Park County for 44 years, per the Cody Enterprise.
Priorities: Applying her banking and treasurer experience to responsible management of county budgets and public funds · Overseeing county infrastructure, including buildings, roads, bridges and emergency preparedness (per the campaign site)
Lloyd E. Thiel · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Thiel is the incumbent vice chairman of the Park County Commission, running for a third term, per the Powell Tribune. During his first two terms he pushed for a county procurement policy and worked on the county's land use plan and regulations; he has run his own construction firm for 28 years and raises cattle on a 500-acre ranch. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Lloyd E. Thiel.
August 18 primary result: Republican Cody W. Gortmaker was unopposed for the party's nomination (8,144 votes, 99.6 percent); no Democrat filed, so Gortmaker is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Enrichment limited to the official roster per this build's effort cap for unopposed row officers.
Cody W. Gortmaker · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Gortmaker is the incumbent Park County Coroner, per the county's official roster of elected officials. 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 Cody W. Gortmaker.
August 18 primary result: Republican Ericka Smith (5,238 votes, 63.4 percent) won the party's nomination over fellow Deputy County Attorney Marina Tucker (2,994, 36.3 percent); no Democrat filed, so Smith is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Incumbent County Attorney Bryan A. Skoric did not seek reelection.
Ericka Smith · Republican▾
Smith is a deputy Park County attorney based in the Powell office who has practiced law in Wyoming for 26 years, including criminal prosecution and defense work and civil litigation, per the Powell Tribune. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ericka Smith.
August 18 primary result: Republican Darrell Steward was unopposed for the party's nomination (8,456 votes, 99.4 percent); no Democrat filed, so Steward is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results.
Darrell Steward · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Steward is the incumbent Park County Sheriff, seated in January 2023, per the Sheriff's Office website. He joined the Park County Sheriff's Office as a detention deputy in 1987, later worked as a Cody Police Department detective and Cody Fire Department arson investigator, and became a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation special agent in 2003. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Darrell Steward.
August 18 primary result: Republican Hans Odde (5,952 votes, 68.8 percent) won the party's nomination over Jimmy Rush (2,681, 31.0 percent); no Democrat filed, so Odde is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Incumbent County Clerk Colleen Renner did not seek reelection. Enrichment limited to the official roster per this build's effort cap for unopposed row officers.
Hans Odde · Republican▾
Hans Odde appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Park County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Hans Odde.
August 18 primary result: Republican Anne Lawler (5,995 votes, 72.1 percent) won the party's nomination over Troy Bray (2,304, 27.7 percent); no Democrat filed, so Lawler is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Incumbent County Treasurer Barbara A. Poley filed for County Commissioner instead, leaving this seat open. Enrichment limited to the official roster per this build's effort cap for unopposed row officers.
Anne Lawler · Republican▾
Anne Lawler appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Park County Treasurer, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Anne Lawler.
August 18 primary result: Republican Terry Call was unopposed for the party's nomination (7,510 votes, 99.6 percent); no Democrat filed, so Call is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Enrichment limited to the official roster per this build's effort cap for unopposed row officers.
Terry Call · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Call is the incumbent Park County Assessor, per the county's official roster of elected officials. 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 Terry Call.
August 18 primary result: Republican Lynell Preston was unopposed for the party's nomination (7,245 votes, 99.5 percent); no Democrat filed, so Preston is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Park County's official primary results. Incumbent Clerk of District Court Debra Carroll did not seek reelection.
Lynell Preston · Republican▾
Preston has more than 17 years of experience in the Park County Clerk of District Court's office, including as second deputy and deputy clerk, and has also worked as a deputy clerk of circuit court and a legal assistant, per her campaign site.
Priorities: Accurate, timely and efficient processing of court records and documents in accordance with Wyoming statutes and rules · Serving with accountability and integrity in a taxpayer-funded office (per the campaign site)
Quin Blair (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. Nina Webber (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. Quin Blair won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,844 votes (66.0 percent) over Nina Webber (the sitting member) (951), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Quin Blair · Republican▾
Quin Blair is a Cody businessman involved with Blair Hotels and local tourism organizations, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Fiscal discipline and government accountability · Protecting public lands for future generations · Defending constitutional freedoms including the Second Amendment (per the campaign site)
John Wetzel (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. Paul Hoeft (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. John Wetzel won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,267 votes (51.8 percent) over Matthew R Legler (1,177), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
John Wetzel · Republican▾
John Wetzel has more than 30 years of business management experience and 20 years of governmental planning and budgeting experience through his service as Powell's mayor and on its city council, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Fiscal responsibility through proven budget management · Public lands advocacy, outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation (per the campaign site)
Dalton Banks (Republican), Ralph Nieder-Westermann (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Dalton Banks is the sitting member, per the Legislature's 2026 roster. Dalton Banks won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,938 votes (75.1 percent) over J. Addison Aagard (644), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Dalton Banks · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Dalton Banks is a Cowley resident who was first elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2022, per the Lovell Chronicle. His committee assignments include Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources, and Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Priorities: Agriculture, public lands and water development · Highways and transportation issues affecting rural Wyoming (per the Lovell Chronicle)
Ralph Nieder-Westermann · Democratic▾
Ralph Nieder-Westermann is the Democratic candidate for Wyoming House District 26 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Allen Hogg (Republican), Larry Alwin (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. John Winter (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. Allen Hogg won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,525 votes (49.2 percent) over Marshall Keller (828), Carlin Jones (595), Roland Luehne (150), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Allen Hogg · Republican▾
Allen Hogg is a third generation Meeteetse rancher whose family has operated in the Upper Greybull River region since 1918, per his campaign site. He has more than two decades of public service on county boards, and he and his wife Kristine have been married 45 years and raised three sons on their ranch.
Priorities: Protecting roads and schools · Conservation of the family ranching legacy and wildlife · Common sense, practical leadership over partisan extremes (per the campaign site)
Larry Alwin · Democratic▾
Larry Alwin was the Democratic Party's nominee for Wyoming House District 28 in the 2024 general election, per a Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck election results memo. No campaign website or additional biographical information was found for his 2026 candidacy beyond his filed Facebook page, which could not be verified by fetch. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
David Hill (Republican), Carrie Satterwhite (Libertarian) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. David Hill won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,558 votes (55.2 percent) over Levi Asay (1,263), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Carrie Satterwhite (Libertarian) also qualified for the November ballot, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
David Hill · Republican▾
David Hill is a local attorney and president of the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce, per his campaign site. He is the Republican candidate for Wyoming House District 50.
Priorities: Limited government and local control · Constituent engagement and community listening (per the campaign site)
Carrie Satterwhite · Libertarian▾
Carrie Satterwhite is a Ralston, Wyoming resident who has previously run as the Libertarian candidate for House District 50 in earlier election cycles, per the Powell Tribune. She is again the Libertarian candidate for the seat in 2026. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
R. J. Kost (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Sen. Dan Laursen (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. R. J. Kost won the August 18 Republican primary with 2,752 votes (53.5 percent) over Paul Hoeft (2,395), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
R. J. Kost · Republican▾
R.J. Kost is a former state senator who served from 2019 to 2022 and a lifelong Big Horn Basin resident, per his campaign site. He is the Republican candidate for Wyoming Senate District 19.
Priorities: Protecting Wyoming's agricultural heritage · Investing in education and youth (per the campaign site)
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Bridget Hill as a judge of the Wyoming Supreme Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Bridget Hill▾
Bridget Hill was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2025, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. She previously served as Wyoming Attorney General from 2019 to 2025 and earlier as director of the Office of State Lands and Investments and as an assistant attorney general. She earned her law degree with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Robert C. Jarosh as a judge of the Wyoming Supreme Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Robert C. Jarosh▾
Robert C. Jarosh joined the Wyoming Supreme Court in March 2024, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. He was previously in private practice in Cheyenne with the firm Hirst Applegate, LLP. He holds a law degree with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Ben Burningham as a judge of the Wyoming Chancery Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Ben Burningham▾
Ben Burningham has served as judge of the Wyoming Chancery Court since his appointment in January 2025, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. The Chancery Court handles commercial, business and trust litigation statewide. His current term expires in January 2027.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Bobbi Overfield as a judge of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on ballots in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Washakie County.
Bobbi Overfield▾
Bobbi Overfield has served as a district court judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Big Horn County since her appointment in October 2018, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
