Republican icon Theodore Roosevelt, who would have detested Donald Trump and been appalled by the Dixiecrat Wyoming Freedom Caucus.
The primary will, unfortunately, and probably illegally, determine all of the races for the 2026 season in Wyoming, with the off chance that the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction and Senate, if Hageman takes the race for Senate.
The stakes couldn't be higher. Two out of the three WFC/Republican Central Committee candidates are doubtful on public lands. The WFC/Central Committee candidate for Governor would decimate funding for local governments and schools. They're out of touch with their state, and the times in which they live, but many Republicans in the state have been sleepwalking through the 2020s, drunk on MAGA propaganda and oblivious to what is happening.
Don't be one of those people.
July 21, 2026
Important dates:
Absentee Voting
- July 21, 2026 through August 17, 2026 for the Primary
- October 6, 2026 through November 2, 2026 for the General
Yesterday, in advance of the primary opening for early voting, the Republican Central Committee gave its endorsements, which is highly likely to be illegal.
It was carpetbagger central.
Brent Bien, who hasn't spent most of his adult life in Wyoming, but is a far right wing government dissing fanatic Marine Corps retiree sucking on the government tit (he doesn't hate the government enough not to take his retirement) was endorsed for Governor. California Chuck Gray, who also has never really had to work a real job, was endorsed for Congress, and Harriet Hageman for Senate.
The surprising thing here is that the Wyoming Freedom Caucus controlled Central Committee did not bow down to its king, Donald, and endorse Megan Degenfelder, who has Trump's endorsement. It's too far drunk in its own propaganda to do that. It'll be interesting to see if Trump endorses family friend Foster Friess for the Senate.
As another aside, it turns out that Gabe Saint, a law student who had to leave his internship with Hageman after he was found to have liked Francoist websites and other icky political stuff, is Chuck Gray's campaign manager.
Hmm. . . .
The Chuckles camp is also a bit of a Hageman family affair. Chuck's official lawyer (why the Secretary of State needs one who isn't just assigned from the AG's office is unclear) is Hageman's nephew. . and his wife is a primary figure in the WFC establishment.
Don't vote for any of these people. Bien would bankrupt the state through his anti tax (but not so anti tax that he's not okay with people like him living off of taxes) stance, Gray would be a worthless besotted MAGA, and Hageman has dissed her own constituents for opposing her position on public lands.
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July 11, 2026
As we head into the final days of the primary election, which for most offices is, unfortunately, the election, we here in Wyoming are being subjected to a daily bombardment of election propaganda crap, most of which assumes that if Donald Trump bent over and pulled his oversize trousers down, you'd gleefully kiss his big white ass.
And that's exactly what most of the candidates for Congress are doing.
Having said that, either election fatigue or the rise of local issues is baffling a few.
For the House, Chuck Gray is flopping around like a carp thrown out on the beach looking for something he thinks can outrage you into voting for the little rich carpetbagger whose never had to really work. Gadfly Reid Rasner, who doesn't stand a chance (and whose been mysteriously absent recently) actually seems to have hurt Chuck by calling him China Chuck. Chuck's most recently effort is to pretend to be horrified by birthright citizenship. Given as Trump sort of excused Graham Platner from rape accusations the other day, we can assume lil' Chuck is searching for a girlfriend to make accusations against him so that he can get a Trump accolade.
Foster Friess, another rich carpetbagger, has been running for the same position, Congressman, and has hit on the "I've never had to work a real job but you dumb fucks have to so I'm going to pretend that you want a job on the floor of an oil rig where you will get killed".
As noted, Rasner has just dropped off the screen.
And of course we have Florida cracker Frank Chapman on screen looking like his new cowboy boots hurt his feet and pretending to be one of us.
We can hope that Jillian Balow is getting some traction, as she seems by far the least objectionable Republican candidate for Congress. She also must be the least well funded of the good candidates as we don't see her campaign material nearly as often, unfortunately.
This isn't everyone running on the GOP ticket. Bo Biteman, of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, Kevin Christensen, a vet who'd like to kiss Trump's big white ass, Richard Dodson, David Giralt and Keith Goodenough all are as well. Goodenough is the most interesting candidate in the race, having been a well know Natrona County candidate whose served in various offices, and who has served both as a Republican and Democrat.
If the primary election were today we would vote for, for Congress, Balow.
Democrats running for this office are Elena Del Real and Boomer Lisa Kinney. Kinney will win and then go down so badly in the general it'll leave a crater visible from space in her native Albany County.
If we were registered as Democrats and the primary was elected today, we'd just not vote either of these two obvious losers.
If the general election was held today, and we had our choice of candidates, we'd vote for Balow.
For the Senate seat, a propaganda flyer for Harriet Hageman came this week for the first time. That fact would suggest she doesn't figure she actually has to spend much money. Other candidates in that race are Jill Edwards, John Holtz, the gadfly Baby Boomer who just won't go away, Sam Mead and Jimmy Skovgard. Mead is by far the best candidate in this race but he faces an uphill battle against Hageman simply because she's in Congress.
If the primary election was held today we'd vote for Mead.
On the Democratic side Billy Benavidez is running against James Byrd. Byrd is a very good candidate and may be the best candidate in the entire race from either party. A Byrd v. Mead race would really serve the state.
If the primary election was held today and we were registered as Democrats, we'd vote for Byrd.
If the general election was held today and we had our choice of candidates, we're not sure what we'd do.
For Governor the race seems to have Eric Barlow, out in front. He's a very good candidate. Megan Degenfelder is running on having been Superintendent of Public Education and that Donald "Grab 'em by the Pussy" Trump has endorsed her. Brent Bien is running on the "I worked my entire life for the government (USMC) and hate the government ticket". A lot of WFC people like him as they're gullible and ignorant. The WFC has a flyer with Bien, Chuck and Hageman circling. A Curt Blake is also running.
If the primary election was held today we'd vote for Barlow.
On the Democratic side Ken Casner is running as the symbol of the dead Democratic Party in the state, as he's so old he may in fact have already passed on.
If the primary election was held today and we were registered as Democrats we'd scream in anger and refuse to fill out the ballot on this one.
If the general election was held today and we had our choice of candidates, we'd vote for Balow.
For Wyoming Secretary of State the GOP candidates are Jason Fearneyhough, Qwenton Eagle Oviatt, Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, Robert Short and Charles Young. Of these candidates, right now, the only ones I know anything about are carpetbagger Rodriguez-Williams, an odd man off Hispanic in the Wyoming Fascist Caucus, and Robert Short, long time Converse County Commissioner.
If the primary was held today, we'd vote for Short, but we need to look into these candidates more.
For the Democrats, there's Bryan McCarty, whom we know nothing about.
If the general election was held today and we had our choice of candidates, right now it'd be Short, but we're not wedded to that position. We'd never vote for Rodriguez-Williams.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction the GOP race features Chad Auer, Steve Harshman and Thomas Kelly. Harsham is a long time teacher and educator and is by far the best choice on the GOP side. On the Democratic side Ana Cordova and Sergio Maldonado are running, both of whom are educators.
If the primary election was held today we'd vote for Harshman.
If the general election was held today we're not sure what we would do.
The primary will decide the Treasurer's race as only Republicans Curt Meier and Scott Smith are running. Meier will win.
In other races, we'd like to see Bear, Allemand, and Ide retired to private life. I.e, lose and lose badly.
Some Freedom Caucusers are having some identity crisis issues:
Of particular note there:
What you’re about to hear is an interview I conducted with Wyoming House District 61 Representative Daniel Singh. This was actually supposed to be the first episode of (podcast) 'Nobody Talks Religion and Politics,' but Daniel asked me to shelve it at the time because he believed it would make it harder to manipulate Republican voters into electing him.
Indeed, it would have.
The article essentially points out that Singh just flat out assumed that Republicans were stupid enough to vote for him if he fed them political pablum. He proved them absolutely correct.
And then there's this:
His civil rights were restored, so apparently his running was legal. That's not really the point here, however. The GOP in the era of Trump is huge on moralizing, but it doesn't apply those standards to themselves quite frequently.
So who is running in Natrona County?
Anybody to outright avoid?
Well, yes.
Candace Machado is a nice, but flighty, former mayor of Evansville. I wouldn't want her as a commissioner, I think.
Rosemarig Czaban just follows the political far right like a stray dog, which frankly she kind of is. She sort of epitomizes the sort of MAGA lumpenproletariat that follows along as she doesn't grasp they're screwing her politically. She's a Bill Allemand acolyte.
Dallas Laird is too old and needs to retire. Terry Wingerter is as well.
More to follow.
Footnotes:
This installment will run through Primary election day. That means it's likely to get really long, but even updating to new installments is making for some very long posts.
Related threads:
Claiming the mantle of Christ in politics. Addressing politicians in desperate times, part 3.
Claiming the mantle of Christ in politics. Don't support liars and don't lie. Addressing politicians in desperate times, part 4.
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