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4 candidates are tracked for Sweetwater County Commissioner (three seats) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Keaton West, Island Richards, Sherry Bushman and Wayne Severson. Candidate information follows official Sweetwater County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
August 18 primary result: Republicans Keaton West (4,403 votes), Island Richards (4,271) and Sherry Bushman (3,349) won the party's three nominations for county commissioner over fellow Republican Walter Majko (2,290); Democrat Wayne Severson (925 votes) was unopposed for his party's nomination, per Wyo4News, SweetwaterNOW and the Rocket Miner, all citing the Sweetwater County Clerk's Office. West, Richards, Bushman and Severson meet on the November 3 ballot for three seats.
West is chairman of the Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners, first elected in 2022, and previously served on the Rock Springs City Council, per SweetwaterNOW and the Rocket Miner. He won one of the three Republican nominations for commissioner in the August 18 primary and faces Democrat Wayne Severson and fellow Republicans Island Richards and Sherry Bushman in November.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- A business-minded, fiscally conservative approach to county government
- Continuing experienced leadership on the commission
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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Richards is president and CEO of Kayar Distributing, Inc., a family-owned convenience-store business, and a fifth-generation Sweetwater County resident who has served as a commissioner since 2023, per his campaign site. He won one of the three Republican nominations for commissioner in the August 18 primary and faces Democrat Wayne Severson and fellow Republicans Keaton West and Sherry Bushman in November.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Spending taxpayer dollars responsibly and maintaining the county's long-term financial stability
- Protecting private property rights
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-07.
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Bushman is a Green River City Council member since 2021 and works as director of credit and collections for the staffing agency Partners Personnel, per Wyo4News. She won one of the three Republican nominations for county commissioner in the August 18 primary and faces Democrat Wayne Severson and fellow Republicans Keaton West and Island Richards in November. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Sherry Bushman.
Wayne Severson appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Sweetwater County Commissioner (three seats), 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 Wayne Severson.
