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.
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.
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.
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.
In news from elsewhere, Graham Platner officially pulled out of the race, but with the least apologetic message ever.
Platner was, of course, lately accused of rape and had some troubling aspects to him early on. The rape accusations, however, were a bridge too far for Democrats, thankfully.
One of the main aspects of the Platner saga has been the degree to which it really exposed the hypocrisy of the GOP, which started off by attempting to mount the high horse of morality which was bucking wildly. A party that has "Grab em by the Pussy" "I went to Epstein Island but didn't notice it was rapey" Trump and a host of other moral creeps can't really be complaining about morality When the Democrats in fact demanded that Platner drop out that left them in a bit of a pickle as they got what they were urging but, by extension, that means they have to clear out the bordello in order to have any moral credibility, which they aren't going to do.
Indeed, Donald Trump came to Platner's defense, noting that sometimes the accusatrixes are fibbers, which sometimes they indeed are. His point is, of course, that he's maintained all along he's not a moral creep and his female accusers are lying. It's pretty clear not all of them are lying about what they accuse Trump of, but at any rate he came to Platner's defense. It'd have been amusing if Trump had endorsed Platner, which I could actually see sort of happening. In a weird sort of way, Platner is what J. D. Vance once was, but with a side order of massively problematic personal issues.
July 12, 2026
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away yesterday at the age of 71. Once a staunch opponent of Donald Trump, during Trump's first administration he became a strong supporter. In recent years, almost pathetically so.
Gov. Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement. He has absolute discretion, but he's a Republican and will choose a Republican. He's also a strong Trump supporter.
Graham was facting Dr. Annie Andrews who stood a strong chance of defeating him. His death makes it likely that his successor will prevail in the fall.
It seems quite likely that Graham died of a heart attack. He was two years older than his father was when his father died the same way. That event left him raising his 13 year old sister, as his mother had already passed away.
He attended university while raising his sister on an ROTC scholarship and served after law school in the USAF. After his active duty career he continued to serve in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. He was always a JAG officer. He was a government attorney for local municipalities briefly before entering Congress in 1994. In his first race, he was supported by Strom Thurmond.
Graham never married.
July 14, 2026
The Governor of South Carolina appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Senator, as his replacement for the balance of his term. She is unlikely to run for the seat, which is up this term.
Quite a few contenders are lining up to compete for it, with some Nancy Mace practically begging for the seat while pretending that she's being begged to take it.
Closer to home, Chuck Gray (who's never been married and for whom there's no known current or former known former love interest) is complaining about a something gadfly Reid Rasner (who has been married, and divorced, to a man) said in Rasner's doomed campaign.
According to the Cowboy State Daily:
What seems to be the case is that the elder Gray liked some of Rasner's Facebook posts, which is a pretty good reason to question his political leanings, although they frankly are pretty similar to his son's.
The Gray v. Rasner fight is one that Gray, frankly, deserves. Rasner is a gadfly, with a campaign so wacky that some have questioned if its a comedy act, but his views aren't really very far from Gray's, which ought to be regarded as comedic.
cont:
Donald Trump is schedule for a television appearance this Thursday which appears to be part of his pathetic fable that he won the 2020 election he lost, and as part of his push for the Stop Americans from Voting Act.
The gullible will no doubt listen to whatever stream of lies he spouts.
July 15, 2026
Early and absentee voting for the primaries starts on July 21 and ends on Aug. 17.
Primary election day is Tuesday, Aug. 18.
I usually try to vote early since the county decided to consolidate a bunch of voting locations into one, at the Fairgrounds. I frankly don't appreciate that much.
It was for paranoid security concerns.
A Miller article:
Miller is spot on. We are in the hats, boots and horses season, with politicians who don't normally wear Western togs, and probably fear horses, get photographed like they're appearing in Lonesome Dove.
July 16, 2026
Right up until now he was proclaiming his innocence and claiming policy abuse:
I don't hold the DUI against him. Lots of people end up having a one off conviction for this, although you surely should not drink and drive.
No, I do hold the diehard claim of innocence and police misconduct against him, and his lawyer.
And frankly his WFC views.
Don't vote for this guy, there's no reason to.
Nor should you vote for his diehard defender Rozmaring Czaban. Czaban has an Allemand apologist role the same way that Trump cabinet members have to Trump. I don't know what the deal is, but Czaban, a candidate for Natrona County Commissioner was defending Alleman as late as earlier this week.
There are a lot of good candidates for Natrona County Commissioner. She isn't one.
Tonight, unfortunately at the same time as the demented fascist seeks to justify stealing elections:
And also:
July 7, 2026
In an effort to steal the 2026 election and undermine democracy, Donald Trump, a demented narcissist whose occupancy of the White House is itself illegal and illegitimate, delivered a broadcast which attempted to show that, basically, China had tried to influence the news, but which instead showed that Russia had, and in his favor.
Trump is a traitor to the country and the 25th Amendment or an impeachment, or just a declaratory judgment action demonstrating that he's legally unqualified for the office, should be undertaken immediately.
Anyone claiming to be endorsed by him, or seeking office to support his efforts, is supporting a traitor and should not be voted for.
Republican Party Campaign Poster.
And while Der Fibber was seeking to create a fable, this was included in his release:
An example of somebody who should not be voted for:
Republicans with lots of self bucks:
Republicans who aren't Dixiecrats or Fascists:
July 18, 2026
This edition is only a week old, and it's already uncomfortably large, so we'll close it out and move on to the next one.
Related threads:
2026 Election, Chuck Gray, Cynthia Lummis, Dixiecrats, Eric Barlow, Harriet Hageman, Ignorance, Megan Degenfelder, Populism, Public Land, Republican Party, Trailing thread, Wyoming Freedom Caucus
