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Drake faults Barrasso over response on press freedom
Elections and votingDrake says Sen. John Barrasso missed a Sunday opportunity to defend the Constitution’s protection of a free press.
The Ballot Wyoming News DeskSep 27, 2026
Races on the 2026 ballot
Wyoming voters will elect a U.S. senator, a U.S. House member, a governor and a secretary of state on Nov. 3, 2026. The Senate winner will serve a six-year term, while the state’s single U.S. House seat follows its regular two-year election cycle.
The NBC News election page lists Democrat James Byrd and Republican Harriet Hageman for U.S. Senate. Hageman is also identified as Wyoming’s current U.S. House member.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Kenneth Casner and Republican Eric Barlow are listed as candidates. Democrat Bryan McCarty and Republican Robert Short are listed in the secretary of state contest. Candidates for the U.S. House race are not named on the page.
Wyoming’s current statewide officeholders include U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Chuck Gray, all Republicans.
Wyoming’s recent presidential vote
Republican presidential candidates received more than two-thirds of Wyoming’s vote in each of the past three presidential elections. In 2024, Donald Trump received 71.6% and Kamala Harris received 25.8%, a difference of 45.8 percentage points. That was Trump’s largest margin among the 50 states.
In 2020, the Republican share was 69.9%, compared with 26.6% for the Democratic candidate. In 2016, Republicans received 70.1% and Democrats received 22.5%. Wyoming had three electoral votes in the 2024 presidential election.