Albany County Voters Make Their Choices in 2026 General Election

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Unofficial results are in from Tuesday’s general election in Albany County, with voters deciding a number of local, state and federal races, along with several ballot propositions.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Democrat James Byrd defeated Republican Harriet Hageman in Albany County, while Democrat Lisa Kinney finished ahead of Republican Chuck Gray, Libertarian Shawn Johnson and Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit in the U.S. House race.

Republican Eric Barlow carried Albany County in the governor’s race, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner and Constitution Party candidate Rebecca Bextel.

Republican Robert Short finished ahead of Democrat Bryan McCarty and Tamara Trujillo in the Secretary of State race. Republican Steve Harshman defeated Democrat Ana Cordova for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Republicans Kristi Racines and Curt Meier led their respective races for State Auditor and State Treasurer, with no other candidates listed besides write-ins.

In the Wyoming Legislature, Democrat Chris Rothfuss led the uncontested State Senate District 9 race. Democrats Ken Chestek, Trey Sherwood and Karlee Provenza defeated Republicans Shane Swett, Emily Study and Ross Davenport in House Districts 13, 14 and 45, respectively. Republican Cam Wright defeated Democrat Gary Wilken in House District 46.

In Albany County races, Democrat Pete Gosar and Republican Terri Jones finished first and second in the two-seat County Commission race, ahead of Democrat Merav Ben David and Republican Chris Cleven.

Democrat Sally King defeated Republican Ryan Hershey for County Coroner, while Democrat Edward Kurt Britzius finished ahead of Republican Joel DeFebaugh for County Attorney.

Democrat Aaron Appelhans defeated Republican Daron Wyatt in the Sheriff’s race, while Democrat Kayla White defeated Republican R. Mark Armstrong for County Clerk.

Democrat Tracy Fletcher defeated Republican Merissa Martinez for County Treasurer, and Democrat Kayla Marroquin defeated Republican Dwain Streeter for Clerk of District Court.

Republican Chelsie Mathews led the uncontested County Assessor race.

In Laramie City Council races, Nicholas Jesse defeated Eric Henderson in Ward 1, while Brandon Newman finished ahead of Jayne Pearce in Ward 2. Erin O’Doherty and Tammy Hooper took the top two spots in Ward 3, ahead of Brett Ralston and Samuel Buckwalter.

For Albany County School District No. 1, J. James Learned defeated Britten Young in one trustee race. Jessica Taylor, Beth Bear and Abe Lentner finished in the top three positions in another trustee contest, ahead of Dani Gale Baldwin.

Bob Bowers led his uncontested trustee race, while Carrie Murthy led the at-large trustee race.

Matthew Burkhart led the Fire District No. 1 Director race. Steve Maguire and Guy Warpness finished in the top two positions for Hospital District Trustee, ahead of Ty Tedmon-Jones.

Zachary M Iddings and Brian Sebade led their respective Laramie Rivers Conservation District Supervisor races.

On the ballot questions, Albany County voters rejected Proposed Initiative Proposition Number One, while approving the county sales and use tax proposition and the county lodging tax proposition.

Voters also supported retaining Supreme Court Justices Bridget Hill and Robert C. Jarosh, along with the Chancery Court justice and the Circuit Court judge of the Second Judicial District listed on the ballot.

A total of 13,403 ballots were cast in Albany County.

These results are unofficial and reflect the county’s election summary issued at 10:15 Tuesday night. Results in statewide and federal races reflect Albany County voting only, not the statewide outcome.

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