The Wyoming State Canvassing Board is meeting Wednesday, August 26 for the 2026 Primary Election, which was held on August 18. The board is chaired by Secretary of State Chuck Gray. Other members of the Board are Governor Mark Gordon, State Auditor Kristi Racines, and State Treasurer Curt Meier.

The State Canvassing Board meets to review and examine the following for statewide and legislative offices: precinct-by-precinct results, the presentation of any write-in candidates, and the winning candidates in each partisan primary. The Secretary of State’s Office works with Wyoming’s 23 County Clerks in overseeing and administering Wyoming’s elections. Each county’s election results are first canvassed by county canvassing boards before being submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office.

Below are complete election results for local, county, state and federal elections. The results are as reported by the Wyoming Secretary of State and the Lincoln County Clerk. A total of 5,917 ballots were recorded for the county, compared to 4,698 total votes cast in the 2024 Primary Election. The 2022 Primary Election drew a total of 6,755 votes in Lincoln County.

Municipal Results

Town of Afton Mayor

Jeffrey Jensen – 430

Write-In Totals – 64

 

Afton Council: 4-year (2 seats, all candidates advance)

Brock Brown – 358

William Wilkes – 353

Jeremy Price – 185

 

Afton Council: 2-year (Following a recount which resulted in the same count, Lynk Nield advanced as the second place finisher as the result of a random drawing)

Dirk Hillyard – 433

Lynk Nield – 51

Stockton Jones – 51

 

Town of Thayne Mayor

Devin Simpson – 61

 

Thayne Council: 4-year (2 seats)

Justin Visser – 61

Tanner Passey – 56

 

Thayne Council: 2-year (2 seats)

Spencer Veigel

 

Star Valley Ranch Mayor – Top 2 advance

Ruzena Rok- 304

Keith Jackson – 217

Lars Robinson – 36

 

Star Valley Ranch Council: 4-year (2 seats, Top 4 advance)

Dave Roberts – 228

Maria Simental – 188

Gordon Howe – 175

Kirsten Merrill – 162

Evan Byrd – 121

Martin Occhi – 97

Charles Fritz – 59

 

Town of Alpine Mayor: Only top 2 advance

Jeremy Larsen – 150

William Saks – 90

Isaac Aznoe – 20

 

Alpine Council: 2-year (2 seats, top 4 advance)

Ken Harris – 139

Amy Wierda – 112

Troy Johnson – 89

Michael McElroy – 71

Marlene O’Leary – 49

 

Town of Cokeville Mayor

Colby Peck – 120

 

Cokeville Council: 4-year (2 seats, all candidates advance)

Susan Fiscus – 135

Cameron John Bird – 122

Aimee Nielsen – 19

 

County Results

Lincoln County Commissioner (2 seats available. Because of the close margin between first and second place a recount was conducted. The same results came back.)

Jake Long – 2,720

Jesica Lozier – 1,686

Joe Heward – 1,678

Kay Lynn Nield – 1,549

Kent Connelly – 931

John Long – 729

County Sheriff

Shane Johnson – 4,057

Val Clement – 1,132

County Attorney

Spencer Allred – 3,090

Carmen Patterson – 1,974

County Treasurer

Joey Antilla – 2,783

Dawn Marquardt – 1,978

County Assessor

Jason Rosas – 3,128

Emmett Mavy – 1,584

 

State Results

Rep. House District 18

Kenneth Roberts – 1,222

Scott Heiner – 995

Governor

Eric Barlow – 58,820

Megan Degenfelder – 38,739

Brent Bien – 30,843

Curt Blake – 2,161

Secretary of State

Robert Short – 53,314

Rachel Williams – 38,567

CJ Young – 17,846

Qwenton Eagle Oviatt – 7,087

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Steve Harshman – 67,784

Tom Kelly – 36,624

Chad Auer – 12,636

 

Federal

U.S. House

Chuck Gray – 31,222

Steve Friess – 25,054

Kevin Christensen – 21,632

Jillian Balow – 12,590

Reid Rasner – 10,807

David Giralt – 10,130

Bo Biteman – 6,255

Keith Goodenough – 3,341

Richard Dodson – 1,777

 

U.S. Senate (Republican)

Harriet Hageman – 83,794

Sam Mead – 35,875

Jimmy Skovgard – 3,525

Jill Edwards – 3,431

John Holtz – 2,539

U.S. Senate (Democrat)

James Byrd – 9,589

Billy Benavidez – 2,497