Cody tattoo shop owner Casey Edwards announces run
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BY ZAC TAYLOR Tribune editor
Cody tattoo shop owner, father and gold prospector Casey Edwards said after considering running for commissioner as a way to actually do something instead of just rant about issues on Facebook, he got serious after receiving an anonymous call just before the start of the filing period.
Edwards recalled the man said if he continued with his plan of running, all of his past would be publicly revealed.
“They just said ‘listen, if you stay on the path that you’re on, everything about you is going to come out and your business and your family will crumble …’ man that lit a fire under my ass. You know you can’t sit back and just expect things to change because you’re [complaining] on Facebook.”
Edwards is the third candidate to announce for one of two available commissioner seats, joining incumbent Scott Mangold of Powell and fellow challenger and Cody business owner Karin Richard.
Edwards said from looking at Richard’s campaign posters he agrees with almost all of her points. He said most of all he wants Cody to not become Jackson, a change he feels is already beginning.
afford a place in Cody despite working full time.
“I don’t know it all, but I do have a very strong sense of common sense,” he said.
“I want Cody to stay Cody,” he said. “I want to see progress without harming the people of our county.”
CASEY EDWARDS
And he wants to find some solution for the high taxes, especially property taxes, that have meant his son and people like him can’t
Edwards grew up in Lovell, then left to go to the East Coast, where he built himself a successful tattoo business, appearing in national magazines and cable programs.
In 1996 he said he got tired of the East Coast life and started a shop in Cody, working half of the year there, half in North Carolina. In 2008 he fully moved to Cody. Now he runs Xtreme Tattoo in Cody, prospects for gold in his area mining claims and even consults with a gold company in Montana.
However, he said that as every-
one seems to be too busy working to afford a life here to keep up on what’s going on in local government, he can be the one to step up. He’s started watching commission meetings and said he’s concerned about the possibility of the county paying to expand and maintain a road to a proposed new state shooting complex if Park County is chosen as the destination, and of it becoming a state park limiting access to public land.
However, he said he is in favor of working to try and expand Yellowstone Regional Airport’s services.
“Any vote that I would make on that county commission is going to be with the absolute, utmost input from the community,” he said. “Everybody here in town is too busy working to make a living, to be able to pay attention to those things. I would really like to be that ear and that voice.”
Park County Commission
JP Jones wants county to work for people
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BY ZAC TAYLOR Tribune editor
JP Jones has lived in Park County for 53 years, including large stretches both in Powell and Cody, and he now resides east of Cody in the county with his wife and his daughters.
Still, he’s got a lot of Powell connections: He was born in the town, before growing upon Meeteetse, then returned to get a degree at Northwest College before finishing at Montana State University. Later, he was the general manager of Fremont Ford in Powell for 10 years, before moving to the Cody location for his final years in the car business. He now works in real estate and owns rental properties around the county.
“I have a lot of experience in all three communities, and I think nothing replaces that,” he told the Tribune.
And he’s stayed involved since leaving Fremont Ford. He said he’s been part of the Cody Lion’s Club and has been heavily involved in the organization’s com-
munity events and fundraisers, and he also serves on the Park County Fair Advisory Board.
He said serving on that board, which works with the county government and the commissioners to put on the county fair, is part of what inspired him to run for the commission (which is also technically the fair board).
The land use plan and now regulations process is the main reason he decided to run.
“I’m a property rights individual,” he said, but acknowledged that there is a balance to be made in terms of also protecting animals in the area.
said at a candidate forum in Powell. “I tend to fall on the side of individual property rights. I know farmers, ranchers, and they don’t have stocks and bonds … they may need to sell off locations that are able to finance the remainder of their land or other operations.”
He also said in the forum that new regulations always amount to new expenses for private individuals and businesses.
JP JONES
“I think we’re just beginning to grapple with those kinds of issues. Now the land use plan has been approved at the commission level. It’s going to go to the next stage, which is really drilling down into what specifically we’re going to be doing with those issues,” he
“My in-laws are builders, and I have a lot of experience with planning and zoning,” he said. “In 25 years its changed a lot — we need to become a little more customer friendly. What we really need to be working on is getting better paying jobs.”
Jones said whatever commissioners determine with the new regulations — the most important of which new commissioners would have a chance to impact next year — there are going to
be disappointed people in one or both camps.
“You’re really going to have to balance that and there’s no easy answer at the end of the day,” he said. “Not everyone’s going to be happy.”
While he said he’s ready to make tough decisions, he said he also wants to ensure he is helping to oversee a government that works for people, not against them.
“We have to remember that the people coming in [to county offices] are taxpayers,” he said, adding, “You need to treat them as though you don’t automatically say no to people. You want to find ways to make their lives better, easier to do what they need to do.”
He said he’s seen a lot of county employees who do just that, and wants to ensure that continues.
“I’ve lived here 53 out of 53 years, this is my home,” he said. “I only want to serve the people and make it a better place. I think what Park County is is really special. I will listen and make sure I make informed decisions.”
Park County Commission
Scott Mangold runs for one more commission term
| BY ZAC TAYLOR Tribune editor
Alongtime voice of Powell wants four more years to finish off what he started on the Park County Commission.
Scott Mangold has been the voice of Powell for decades, from his work as a part owner of the local radio station and announcing Powell sporting events, to serving two terms as mayor of the town he’s lived in for more than 40 years to serving as the rare Park County commissioner living within Powell city limits.
To be clear though, he wants only four more years. He said it was his decision while mayor to voluntarily limit himself to two terms and thus is doing the same on the commission.
“It’s self imposed, but I would like everybody to follow that example,” Mangold said. “Because if you can’t get it done in two terms, then stop doing it. Plus, you get to the point of, in a county with 30,000 people, somebody else
should be able to have some new ideas too.”
Mangold still has some ideas stored up for a second go-around.
One major issue he wants to see to fruition is creating new regulations to go along with the new land use plan he was a part of putting together in the last couple of years.
“We’re dealing with so many subdivisions that are popping up and especially in Powell,” he said, adding, “So just dealing with the balance between private property ownership and … making it still livable.”
SCOTT MANGOLD
He also wants to ensure the eastern part of Park County maintains representation on the commission — he’s the only one of the six candidates for the two commission seats who doesn’t have a Cody address.
“I know a lot of farmers here in this area and tend to listen to them
… even little things like pickleball people needing a place to play, they’ll contact me and let me know about little things like that,” Mangold said. “Also, the fairgrounds is big and I live not too far from the fairgrounds … that’s important to our area as well and important to Powell … even though a larger part of the population is inside Cody — over 10,000 people — we need some representation over here too. There’s more to Park County than just Cody, Wyoming.”
Mangold served as mayor from 2004 to 2012, then rejoined the city government as a councilman from 2017-2021.
Mangold has also been involved with the Powell Elks Lodge, the Powell Athletic Roundtable, the Trapper Booster Club, the former Park County Boys and Girls Club board and local Jaycees.
He said his knowledge of Powell
issues and his experience with municipal issues in general makes him an important voice. For instance, when he was mayor he and then Cody Mayor Roger Sedam started the tradition of having the mayors talk with the county commissioners to help the county leaders understand minimal issues.
He also knows the work and time the role of county commissioner takes — it’s at least a part-time job. And, he said, he understands the balances approach needed to maintain Park County’s best assets.
“It’s keeping Park County as probably one of the most livable areas in the world… it’s being able to ride your bike to the park, send your kids to school, and not have an armed guard with them.
“Making it besides being livable, a good place to retire but also a good place to, if you graduate high school, why not stay here?
“I think a lot of people are looking for quality of life and Park County to be the best place in Wyoming.”
Karin Richard wants to be voice for people
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BY ZAC TAYLOR Tribune editor
Cody business owner Karin Richard announced her candidacy for one of two available spots on the Park County Commission in late March and said at a recent candidate forum that it’s been a lot of work, but it’s been worthwhile.
“I go into stores to talk to people and they’re happy to talk to someone who’s willing to listen,” she said. “And every day when I talk to people, I hear the same things. ‘We’re paying too much money. We don’t like what is going on …’ it’s important to see what people have to say. I am proud and privileged to be running.”
Richard has owned Outdoor Adventures Revived (OAR), a used outdoor gear store in Cody, for the past six years. Prior to opening OAR she worked in the health, fitness and recreation fields for
almost 30 years, and said she can “bring a wealth of management experience to the position of county commissioner.”
She said her major focus if elected would be listening closely to those in the community who feel as though they currently do not have a voice.
“There is a large group of citizens across our county who have ‘checked out’ when it comes to politics,” she said. “The same kinds of people (the rich, the well connected, those who travel in the same professional and social circles) are the ones who are consistently getting voted into office, and they have no understanding or empathy when it comes to the challenges that normal, hard working members of our commu-
nity face every day.”
Richard is also concerned, as are all candidates, with how expensive the area has gotten. In a recent forum she recalled watching as two regular customers went from being able to put gear at the store, to just looking, to not coming anymore. She knows of two once frequent customers who have had to move due to being priced out of the housing market.
KARIN RICHARD
Richard said a good way government can help is to take less money from citizens in the first place.
“People want to keep more money in their pockets. They don’t want more government,” she said. “You know, if I asked 5,000 people, how are you doing, I can guarantee that not one of them
would say to me ‘I would love the community if only our government was bigger.’”
She said the people she’s talked to feel as though their needs are not represented.
“They feel as though they’re not heard and not seen,” she said. “That their representatives consistently say one thing and then do another. And so many feel that when it comes to local politics nothing in their lives ever changes for the better. It’s no wonder so many local people are disheartened and disengaged, have given up on, and have little faith in the individuals who were elected to represent them.”
There are two commission terms coming to an end in this election cycle, those of Lee Livingston and Scott Mangold, Livingston isn’t running again, but Mangold is going for one final term.
Park County Commission
Kelly Simone eyes county as next step in public service
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BY ZAC TAYLOR Tribune editor
Kelly Simone has long been drawn to public service.
The South Fork resident and Wyoming native has served on the Park County School District 6 board and is on the West Park Hospital board. Now, she wants to serve the whole county as a Park County commissioner.
She is one of six candidates running for two open spots and said she decided to run now in part because her kids are older and more independent, and because only one of two incumbents is running (longtime Commissioner Lee Livingston declined to run again), leaving at least one spot open for a newcomer to fill.
Simone thinks she’s ready to fill that spot.
“I believe wholeheartedly in public service,” she said. “I be-
lieve I now have the skillset — I feel very comfortable knowing how boards operate.”
Simone was for two years the chair of the Cody school board and was one of the key votes to approve a policy to allow qualified and trained employees to carry firearms.
She left the board after one term to have more time for her children when they were younger, and then in 2022 she was elected to the West Park Hospital District Board, a place where she had worked for years as a physician’s assistant.
gency Department.
And, with her children older and more independent, she said she has the extra time to devote herself to being a county commissioner, a gig that’s at least a part-time job.
KELLY SIMONE
She now has a contract as an occasional PA for Billings Clinic in Cody and also works a handful of days a month as a PA in the Powell Valley Hospital Emer-
“It’s time to get back to some of the things I’m passionate about,” she said. “I love this kind of work, and I’m definitely excited and ready to learn.”
Simone is interested in seeing the county land use plan to fruition through adoption of regulations that will dovetail with the plan’s main points.
She said she’d like to see a balance between providing information on items such as big game migration routes for those looking to build, while also protecting
private property rights.
Simone is also interested in looking at the county budget, which she said is similar in size to the school district budgets she helped approve years before.
“It’s important to have elected officials who understand budgets,” she said, “how it impacts county employees, funds county roads.”
She has other issues she’d like to look into, including election security, but said it boils down to a simple goal.
“My biggest goals are to keep Park County what all of us love about Park County, a beautiful place to visit in the summers, that hometown feel … and also plan for growth,” Simone said. “We’re not going to get around growth. We need to be very thoughtful with how we grow Park County but still preserve its authenticity.”
PROFILE
Senate District 18
Tim French to seek second term in the Senate
| BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
Ayear ago, state Sen. Tim French (R-Powell) was struggling to walk, as he battled a debilitating case of Guillain-Barré syndrome. But today, his health is back — and he’s gearing up to run for a second term in the Senate next year.
When French launched his bid to represent Senate District 18 in 2020, he said voters urged him to kill bad bills and support good ones.
“I’ve tried my hardest to live up to that, and I feel I have lived up to that,” French said in an interview last week. “And if they’re gracious enough to put me in for another term, I’ll continue that.”
When the Legislature convenes in February, the state’s biennial budget will be lawmakers’ focus, but property tax relief is also top of mind for French.
“We just really have gotta get these property taxes under control, the increases,” he said. “It’s just devastating those on fixed income, and others as well. It’s affecting everybody is what it’s doing.”
While home values have risen across the state in recent years — taking property taxes up with them — Park County is among a few areas hit particularly hard. The value of an average resi-
dence in the county jumped 24% in 2021 and 16% last year.
French said those kinds of increases will force people out of their homes, “which is just so wrong.”
He and his colleagues on the Joint Revenue Committee recently agreed to sponsor a variety of relief measures, including one targeted at long-time residents and another that would cap annual property tax increases at 5%. They’re among a slew of tax-related bills that will likely be considered in February’s Budget Session.
In last winter’s General Session, lawmakers were presented with well over a dozen bills on property taxes, but struggled to come to a consensus about the right approach. For instance, French voted against a bill that significantly expanded the state’s property tax refund program; the senator said he and other conservatives didn’t think the relief was deep enough or broad enough (it’s only available to homeowners whose income is up to 125% of the median).
ated the expanded program.
Still, he said that many people “are very angry” lawmakers didn’t do more.
“And rightfully so,” French said, noting the state put $1.4 billion into savings in last winter’s session.
“I’m not against saving, don’t get me wrong, but when you do that at the same time you don’t help the public when they’re struggling is wrong,” French said.
As the Budget Session approaches, the freshman senator said he also wants to “put a stop to any of these books in our schools that are really pretty disgusting,” calling some “right at pornographic.”
“You don’t need to be graphic in talking about how same sex people interact,” he said, adding, “When they’re an adult, at 18, [then] whatever, you want to look at that stuff, that’s fine. But it shouldn’t be in our grade schools.”
lawmakers could “look at possibly yanking some money from them,” French said, “because nothing gets people’s attention more than, ‘Oh geez, I’m losing some of my funding.’”
Ultimately, however, he said voters should ask tough questions of their school board members and vote out those who aren’t following their wishes.
“The public has the power,” French said.
Any controversial bills could have a hard time picking up traction in the 2024 Budget Session, as it takes a two-thirds vote to introduce any non-budget legislation. French is poised to enter the session in much improved health.
In September 2022, he collapsed in his kitchen after being temporarily paralyzed by Guillain-Barré syndrome. It’s a rare and painful disorder that, as the Mayo Clinic explains, results in the body’s immune system attacking its own nerves.
However, the bill made it into law. At a revenue committee meeting in October, French said he’d received thanks from a number of constituents who appreci-
French said he fully supports Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder’s efforts on the issue, but suggested the Legislature could also get involved. If school districts are presenting graphic materials,
It was a difficult recovery, but after extensive medical care and rehabilitation, French was able to make it through last winter’s General Session and he’s now getting close to 100%.
French added that he appreciated the many prayers said on his behalf.
“The big guy upstairs wasn’t ready for me just yet,” he quipped.
TIM FRENCH
Senate District 18
Cody business owner Landon Greer runs for Senate
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BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
After mulling it over for the past few years, Landon Greer decided it’s the right time to run for the Wyoming Legislature. The Cody business owner and former city councilman announced he’s seeking to represent Senate District 18.
“I’m concerned with all of the vitriol and kind of the divisiveness, especially between Republicans,” Greer said in an interview. “And I feel like I have a skill set that can be a conservative voice, but be civil and respectful and willing to have conversations with people that I don’t agree with, and try to work through those issues in a civil and respectful way.”
Greer, who served on the Cody council from 2013 to 2020, will face off with incumbent Sen. Tim French (R-Powell) in August’s primary election — along with any other Republican candidates who enter the race. The
district includes Cody, the North and South forks (including Wapiti), Sunlight/Crandall, Clark and Ralston.
A Wyoming native and Cody High School graduate, Greer has worked at Quality Asphalt Paving since his father founded it in 1998. Greer and his wife now own the company.
As a husband and father of eight children, Greer said he understands “the importance of creating opportunities for families and future generations.”
program facilitated in part by the Wyoming Business Council — Greer came away believing there are a lot of solutions.
LANDON GREER
Whether it’s by rolling back regulations or creating incentives, Wyoming needs to help businesses start and grow “to keep our young people here, and give them opportunities to stay in the state and quit exporting them to other places,” he said.
After completing the Wyoming Academy last year — a leadership
Those involved in economic development at the state and local levels “are looking for partners in the Legislature to help them bring forth the tools that they need to be successful,” Greer said. He’s willing to help, he said, “as long as they’re logical solutions that aren’t wasting money, or even necessarily needing a lot of money.”
Like many lawmakers and candidates, Greer specifically mentioned property taxes as a concern. He isn’t pushing any specific proposal, but suggested solutions can be hashed out in some form of working group, whether within the Legislature or elsewhere.
As for his pro-life stance,
Greer said he supports much of the Legislature’s recent work to prohibit and limit access to abortions. However, with those laws currently tied up in litigation, he’d prefer to take a “wait and see” approach before passing more legislation.
“Let’s get through what we’ve got and if … we’ve got to fix that stuff, then let’s fix it and make it constitutional,” he said.
Greer added that he doesn’t want to be a lawmaker who simply votes on bills “to get headlines.”
“I want the stuff to make sense, to be logical, fact-based, less emotional, and, more than anything, constitutional,” he said.
In-line with his comments about civility, Greer said he won’t be slinging mud at French or any other candidates who enter the race.
“I’m just gonna focus on what I’m doing,” he said, “and try to put forward the best campaign I can to show the people at Park County that I’m the best choice for this position.”
House District 25
Paul Hoeft runs for House District 25
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BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
As Paul Hoeft was encouraged to run for the Wyoming Legislature, he initially protested that he was “just an everyday guy.”
“And then I realized, well, that’s exactly how our government’s supposed to run, [with] everyday people,” Hoeft said.
The longtime auto service technician recently decided it was time to throw his hat into the ring, announcing his candidacy for House District 25. He’s set to face off with longtime state Rep. David Northrup (R-Powell) in August’s primary election, along with any other Republicans who join the race.
In observing last winter’s budget session, Hoeft said he found things “a little bit troubling.”
“It looked like a struggle to be, ‘who’s in charge?’ instead of, ‘Let’s get the will and the votes of the people,’” Hoeft said. “While we did have some really good bills that went through, we could have done a lot better.”
Lawmakers, he said, “should have worked a little bit harder” to get legislation to Gov. Mark
Gordon’s desk sooner, or stayed in session a few days longer to address potential vetoes.
Gordon wound up nixing several bills favored by conservatives, including new regulations for abortion providers, a repeal of most of Wyoming gun free zones and some property tax relief measures.
While the Legislature did good work in delivering relief for seniors and veterans, “we need to go a lot further,” Hoeft said. For instance, he would like homeowners’ taxes to be recalculated on pre-COVID-19 property values.
ing Wyoming’s economy is being limited by environmental concerns that aren’t backed by solid science.
“An independent Wyoming to me means we don’t have the looming federal government over us [with] every decision we make,” he said. “Because we have the resources that a lot of the other part of the country needs.”
PAUL HOEFT
“I’m really concerned about families and how they’re making ends meet right now,” he said, “because things are tight.”
Hoeft is also concerned about the impact that illegal immigration will have on Wyoming; he believes the state needs to pay more attention to the issue and be prepared for people illegally coming into Wyoming.
Hoeft also wants the state to become more independent, say-
Additionally, as the country tries shifting away from the minerals that underpin Wyoming’s tax base, Hoeft thinks the state must “start learning to be a little leaner in the way we spend our money.”
As for one of the state’s biggest areas of spending, public education, Hoeft wants schools to carve out funding for increased security.
While school resource officers are valuable, Hoeft thinks every school should have someone in charge of security.
“While we have good schools, we need to protect our kids,” he said.
Hoeft also wants more emphasis on vocational education, such as introducing students to careers as a plumber or electrician.
“A college education’s a good thing,” he said, “but it’s not for everyone.”
Hoeft generally described himself as a conservative Republican. He’s pro-life and believes Wyoming “should be out of the abortion business.” A longtime board member at the Heart Mountain Rod and Gun Club, an NRA Foundation fundraiser and shooting sports supporter, he’s also a Second Amendment advocate.
Hoeft and his wife have lived in Powell for nearly 30 years, and both their sons graduated from Powell High School. He worked on General Motors vehicles for over 40 years, retiring from Garvin Motors before joining the sporting goods department at Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply.
Although he was frustrated by lawmakers’ work in the recent session, Hoeft said he’s going to try to avoid running a negative campaign. He described his message as, “This is what happened, let’s see how we can fix it.”
House District 25
David Northrup seeks reelection to House
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BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
Veteran state Rep. David Northrup (R-Powell) wants to continue serving the Powell area in the Wyoming House.
Northrup confirmed that he’s seeking a sixth term in office.
“I feel like I’m a good legislator, I feel like I have the ability to make things happen and [I] wish to continue on,” he said.
If reelected in House District 25, Northrup said delivering more property tax relief would be a priority.
The Willwood area farmer joined fellow lawmakers in last winter’s budget session in limiting property tax increases to no more than 4% a year, making more homeowners eligible for property tax refunds and doubling the relief veterans can receive. But Northrup said more work is needed.
“Everybody’s [taxes] went up so dramatically that I still think we need to go backwards in time and see if we can trim them,” he said, suggesting taxes be based on where property values stood before the recent surge.
Northrup has been intimately involved in the tax discussions as a member of the House Revenue
Committee, and he chairs the House Education Committee.
“I really enjoy trying to solve more problems within the education system,” he said.
Lawmakers are about to revisit the way the state funds K-12 education — a periodic process referred to as recalibration — and Northrup said he finds that kind of work exciting.
“I’m a big proponent of education, whether it’s private or public,” the former Park County School District 1 board member said, adding that he favors public schools.
issues. That included casting the tie breaking vote for a bill aimed at transgender athletes, which prohibits students “of the male sex” from competing in prep sports designated for females.
He said Wyoming schools stack up well against those in other states and specifically praised those in Powell.
The lawmaker has been pleased to see the state’s community colleges and the University of Wyoming working more closely together to let students more easily transfer credits. He also thinks it’s time for the state to boost the size of its Hathaway Scholarship, supporting a 5% increase amid the rising cost of education.
On the committee, Northrup has faced his share of hot button
Northrup said the 2023 legislation “made it possible to remove boys from girls sports.”
However, he opposed the “What is a Woman Act” during the recent budget session, which would have permanently defined a person as male or female based on their biological sex at birth.
“It was truly unconstitutional,” Northrup said, contending the bill ran afoul of the Wyoming Constitution’s equal protection provisions in Article 1, Section 3.
Recent sessions have been marked by bitter divisions among Republican representatives, who have largely split between more conservative lawmakers within the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and more moderate members aligned with the Wyoming Caucus.
Northrup expressed frustration that Majority Floor Leader Rep. Chip Neiman (R-Hulett), who’s a
Freedom Caucus member, effectively buried a bill he brought in the recent session. House Bill 175 would have required volunteers in K-12 public schools to undergo criminal background checks if they might have regular contact with or unsupervised access to minors.
“We certainly don’t want to have something happen to kids when they’re going out on a basketball or wrestling tournament out of town,” Northrup said.
The measure was introduced and passed the education committee on unanimous votes, but Neiman put it toward the bottom of the list and it was never heard on the floor.
“That’s what makes that division hard,” Northrup said, “is when they enter the personalities of it and you can’t see past [them].”
Northrup represented House District 50 from 2013 through 2020, when he made an unsuccessful run for Senate District 18.
When the Legislature’s district boundaries were redrawn in 2022, the Willwood was reunited with the rest of the Powell area in HD 25. Northrup won a fourway Republican primary and was then unopposed in the general election.
DAVID NORTHRUP
PROFILE House District 50
Cody attorney David Hill runs for HD 50
| BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
As he’s tracked the recent sessions of the Wyoming Legislature, David Hill has been frustrated by the infighting and the lack of action.
“Last year, Park County residents paid higher property taxes than ever; abortions are still occurring in the state and in record number; and Wyoming is the top state for suicide deaths,” Hill said. “I think that there’s been some efforts by the current Legislature, but nothing meaningful has changed.”
That’s a big reason why the Cody attorney says he’s throwing his hat into the ring as a candidate to represent House District 50.
“I just feel that there’s gridlock in Cheyenne, and it’s starting to look like the gridlock in Washington,” Hill said. “So I think we need effective, conservative problem solvers. And I want to have an emphasis on ‘effective.’”
He noted that the state’s recent attempts to ban abortions have
yet to take effect, as they’ve been put on hold by a judge in Teton County. In the meantime, the number of abortions performed in the state has increased.
“I want to protect life,” he said, but he said that means passing laws that will survive constitutional scrutiny; he suggested his legal background could help.
Hill will face off with incumbent Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody) in August’s primary election, along with any other Republican contenders.
Rodriguez-Williams is a leading anti-abortion voice in the Legislature and a founding member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, a more conservative group of lawmakers that has clashed with more moderate Republicans within the “Wyoming Caucus.”
servative solutions to problems.
“I really think my campaign is the type of campaign that people from either camp can really rally around,” he said.
Hill grew up in a few different places, but the 34-year-old has spent his professional life in Wyoming, living in the state for roughly a decade. He obtained both an MBA and his law degree at the University of Wyoming, with intern work assisting state and federal prosecutors. He later assisted Judge Jennifer Elrod of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and clerked for Judge Bobbi Overfield in Worland before joining Burg Simpson in Cody in 2021.
COVID hysteria, it’s clear that our battle to protect life extends far beyond birth,” he said in a statement. “As a pro-life advocate, I’m committed to policies that cherish and safeguard life at all stages.”
Hill’s positions include expanding mental health care facilities, supporting parental rights, limiting minors’ access to social media, preserving agricultural land, sending support to the southern border in the face of “unchecked illegal immigration” and opposing red flag laws and vaccine mandates.
He also says the Legislature needs to deliver “real solutions” to skyrocketing property taxes, such as a constitutional amendment that would allow lower rates for residential properties.
For his part, Hill called the division unfortunate, arguing Republicans should put aside their differences to come up with con-
His campaign website, hill4wyo.com, lays out stances on a slew of issues, including mental health.
“With Wyoming’s alarming suicide rates and mental health challenges, exacerbated by the
House District 50 — which includes the eastern portion of the City of Cody, Clark, Ralston, Heart Mountain and Sunlight/ Crandall — has been represented by Rodriguez-Williams since 2021. This will be the first time she’s faced an opponent in the Republican primary.
DAVID HILL
A conservative problem solver with a plan
David Hill has a plan to fight back against the radical left that is infiltrating our state and get Wyoming back to its conservative roots ...
• Protecting our God-given freedoms, including our right to bear arms, the sanctity of life, and protection against dangerous healthcare mandates
• Supporting our law enforcement and keeping Wyoming safe from the dangerous effects of illegal immigration
• Fighting for an amendment that permanently provides residential property tax relief
• Empowering parents to be involved in education, giving families a choice in schools, and making curriculum more transparent
• Strengthening our economy with the steadfast support of our legacy industries and locally-owned businesses
Improving access to mental healthcare and supporting Wyoming’s suicide hotline
HERE’S THE PLAN:
DAVID HILL
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PROFILE
House District 50
Rachel Rodriguez-Williams to seek third term in House
BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
Over the past four years, Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody) says she’s fought relentlessly for pro-life legislation, Second Amendment rights, property tax reform, school choice and other conservative causes. And she wants to keep fighting: Rodriguez-Williams confirmed she will seek a third term in the Wyoming Legislature.
“I believe that Republicans in House District 50 deserve a proven, conservative legislator who’s ethical, transparent and fights for Republican values,” she said.
A member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, RodriguezWilliams has been recognized as having a consistently conservative voting record since her election in 2020.
In the recent Budget Session, she highlighted her advocacy of a range of legislation, including a bill informally known as Chloe’s
law; it prohibits medical providers from performing surgeries or providing drugs aimed at changing a child’s gender. Rodriguez-Williams also noted her support of a bill that would have prohibited private dollars from being used to fund Wyoming elections. Among her constituents in the eastern portion of the City of Cody, Clark, Ralston, Heart Mountain and Sunlight/ Crandall, “election integrity is really important,” she said.
If elected to another two-year term, Rodriguez-Williams said property tax reform and relief will remain “at the top of my list.” The Legislature passed a number of measures aimed at providing relief this year, but the largest was vetoed by Gov. Mark Gordon and others are temporary.
to build on the recent Wyoming Education Savings Accounts Act, which offers households up to $6,000 a year to help pay for students’ education outside of the public school system. The new law covers students from pre-kindergarten through age 21 — but only if they’re in a household earning 150% or less of the federal poverty level.
RACHEL RODRIGUEZWILLIAMS
Rodriguez-Williams also hopes
Lawmakers included more limited assistance for households earning up to 500% of the poverty level, but Gordon used a line item veto to limit the funding to those at 150% and below.
For her part, Rodriguez-Williams wants funding offered to all families.
“I would like to see school choice be universal, not a welfare program,” she said.
Rodriguez-Williams opposed the two-year, $10.6 billion budget
passed by the Legislature last winter, and she wants to ensure that the supplement budget considered in next year’s General Session is focused on dire needs.
Other topics on her radar include prohibiting foreign ownership of Wyoming land and taking steps to address illegal immigration; she expressed particular concern about an influx of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
“Right now, every state is a border state,” Rodriguez-Williams said. “And there are consequences to that, that Wyoming will see when it comes to elections, when it comes to public health issues. And so we really need to be prepared as a state for what other states are encountering.”
Rodriguez-Williams was first elected to the House in 2020. Her experience includes time as a law enforcement officer in California, as a community prevention professional in Cody and as the leader of a couple faith-based nonprofit organizations in Park County.
House District 24
Cody mayor Matt Hall seeks to serve in Legislature
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BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
After leading the City of Cody for the past eight years, Mayor Matt Hall is looking to serve the public in a new way. In the Aug. 20 Republican primary election, Hall is running to represent House District 24 in the Wyoming Legislature.
“I care about this community; I want to try and keep doing better by it,” he said.
Hall said one of his goals is to find ways to keep youth in the state — creating an economy where young people can launch careers and afford a home after college. At a summer forum, for instance, he floated the idea of requiring Hathaway Scholarship recipients to stay in the state for a year after graduation to “kind of pay it back.”
Hall also indicated that he was dismayed to watch legislators “just at each other’s throats” in last winter’s Budget Session.
“I want to bring some real Wyoming values back to that House and try and pull people back together, so we can get some important work done down there,” he said.
Republican lawmakers have been bitterly divided between two factions in the House, with some more conservative members of the party joining up with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and some more moderate members aligning with the Wyoming Caucus.
mance artists, avoid obstructionist behavior” and “do what’s best for the citizens of our state.”
He indicated he would seek to work with everyone in the Legislature.
MATT HALL
Hall said his intent is to “avoid the dysfunction, avoid the perfor-
“I’ve worked with all those people [as mayor] to try and get them to understand what’s important for our economy, what’s important for local control … and had some success,” Hall said, specifically mentioning bills related to municipal revenue.
Hall said he brought balanced, conservative budgets as mayor while taking care of infrastructure needs and prioritizing public safety. That meant making controversial cuts at times and explaining why they were neces-
sary, he said.
“As a leader and being in the Legislature, those are the calls you have to take and … you’ve got to be able to tell people, ‘No, this is what we had to do … to stay within budget; this is what we had to do so we didn’t have to raise taxes,’” Hall said.
He has been active in GOP politics over the years, serving as a precinct committeeman within the Park County Republican Party.
Both he and his GOP opponent, Wyoming Republican Party National Committeewoman Nina Webber, are vying to replace Rep. Sandy Newsome (R-Cody), who opted to retire after three terms.
The district includes not only the western half of the City of Cody, but the North and South forks and northern half of Yellowstone National Park.
House District 24
Nina Webber pledges to ‘listen to what the people want’
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BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
After coming up just short in the last two election cycles, Nina Webber hopes the third time will be the charm as she seeks to represent House District 24 in the Wyoming Legislature.
Webber mounted a pair of spirited challenges against outgoing Rep. Sandy Newsome (R-Cody) in 2020 and 2022. And when 2024 rolled around, Webber was asked to run again by local residents concerned about “skyrocketing property taxes, indoctrination of children, private property rights, election integrity and the economy/inflation …,” she said, “as they are not being heard.”
“My number one goal will be to listen to what the people want and need in HD24 and take their ideas to Cheyenne,” Webber said.
In her past campaigns, Webber ran to the right of Newsome, and
she has also sought to frame herself as more conservative than her opponent in the Aug. 20 Republican primary, Cody Mayor Matt Hall.
In the past Budget Session, the Republican lawmakers in the Wyoming House often split into two voting blocs, generally made up of more conservative members aligned with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus and more moderate members aligned with the Wyoming Caucus.
Webber said her focus would be on representing the people of her district, “and I would be open to what the caucuses have to say.”
representing the party’s grassroots.
Webber added that she shares the caucus’ goals of “low taxes, pro-life, pro-[Second Amendment], no illegal settlement plan, no indoctrination in schools, strict adherence to the Republican platform, no mutilation of children, funding law enforcement, pro-oil and gas, no green silliness, etc.”
However, Webber said she believes the Freedom Caucus and other conservatives are the ones following the GOP platform and
She said she’d work to be accountable to her constituents and keep more money in taxpayers’ pockets, “where it belongs.”
At a summer forum, she added, “it’s very important not to go to Cheyenne … and then you come back up here and you give us some rigamarole story about, ‘The bill’s too complicated, you wouldn’t understand what happened.’”
“We deserve to be told and have transparency in what’s going on down there,” she said.
A former Hot Springs County Clerk, Webber serves as Wyoming Republican Party’s national committeewoman and was part of the state party’s delegation at the recent Republican National Convention.
She’s also been a frequent observer and participant at the Wyoming Legislature, worked with Turning Point Action on get-out-the-vote efforts and said she is “in touch with Trump’s people.”
“I have developed a huge backing of Republicans and this will help me if elected,” Webber said.
House District 24 encompasses the western portion of the City of Cody, the North and South forks — including Wapiti, where Webber resides — and the northern half of Yellowstone National Park.
NINA WEBBER
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RACE Powell City Council, Mayor
Contenders for city offices prepare for first round
BY CJ BAKER Tribune staff writer
Unlike the rest of the items on the primary election ballot, the races for the Powell, Cody and Meeteetse councils won’t be settled on Aug. 20.
Under Wyoming’s election laws, the top two vote-getters in the nonpartisan council races can advance to the Nov. 5 general election. And with only one or two declared candidates for most of those races, it means just about everyone will advance and face off in a winner-take-all rematch this fall.
Within the City of Powell, Mayor John Wetzel is seeking a
second four-year term and he’s being challenged by construction business owner and former Powell Police Officer Kade Richmond. Similarly, incumbent Ward 3 Councilwoman Lesli Spencer is being challenged by Troy Bray.
For both of those sets of candidates, the primary will likely amount to little more than a formal poll, as they’ll each advance to November.
As for Ward 1 Councilman Geoff Hovivian and Ward 2 Councilman Floyd Young, they’re running unopposed. They’ll appear alone on the general election ballot as well — unless another candidate gets three or more write-in
votes and opts to join the race.
Over in the City of Cody, its government will undergo a significant shakeup early next year, as three council members and Mayor Matt Hall are not seeking reelection.
Current Councilwoman Lee Ann Reiter and restaurant owner Chuck Struemke are each vying to replace Hall.
Like the council races in Ward 1 — between Francis Otto and Jeremy Laing — and in Ward 2 — between Tim McIsaac and Nelson “Doc” Fees — both mayoral candidates are expected to have a winner-take-all rematch in November.
Things will be a bit different in Ward 3, however. With three declared candidates — Joanna Settineri, Joseph Burrell and Tillman Maxwell — the lowest votegetter will be culled from the field following the primary. (A fourth candidate, Brian Walker, initially filed for the Ward 3 position, but withdrew in late June.)
As for the Town of Meeteetse, the contests for two council seats remain wide open, as no one filed for the position during the filing period in May. Potential candidates now have a golden second chance to jump into the race and make November’s ballot via write-in votes.
RACE
U.S. Senate
John Barrasso seeks reelection to Senate
CHEYENNE (WNE) — U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) formally announced his intention to seek re-election to another sixyear term in April.
Last month, Barrasso announced he will run for Republican Whip after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would not seek another term as the party’s Senate leader.
The Barrasso campaign released a video of his formal election announcement, and the Republican senator took a moment to remember his wife,
Bobbi, who died earlier this year from brain cancer.
“I want to thank you for the prayers and the kindness you’ve shown,” Barrasso said.
“Bobbi loved this state and its people, as do I. I want to continue fighting for you, working for Wyoming and getting results.”
In his campaign video, the Republican U.S. senator criticized President Joe Biden
and his handling of the border crisis, which “resulted in recordhigh inflation” and a flood of immigrants who trespassed illegally.
“Every state, including Wyoming, is now a border state,” Barrasso said in the video. “We need to close the border and stop the invasion now.”
He also highlighted his fight to protect Wyoming’s energy indus-
try and condemned the incumbent Democratic president’s “out of control spending.”
“Every person in Wyoming is literally paying the price,” Barrasso said.
Before he was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2007 to fill the remainder of Craig Thomas’ term upon his death, Barrasso represented Natrona County in the Wyoming Senate for five years. In 2018, Barrasso won 67% of the vote in a special election. He has since been reelected to full sixyear terms in 2012 and 2018.
WYOMING, IT’S TIME TO GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK.
That work starts with unleashing Wyoming energy. This is my plan:
• More Permits and Exploration on Federal Land
• Rebuild Wyoming’s Mining Industry
• Fight Woke Anti-Energy Regulations
The Biden agenda has driven up the price of everything and made America less safe and secure. Together, we can make America energy independent, lower costs for families, and create
BARRASSO
RACE
U.S. Senate
Three challengers face Barrasso in Senate run
| BY MAGGIE MULLEN WyoFile.com
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.S. Sen. John Barrasso (RWyo.) faces three challengers in the 2024 election cycle. They include:
REID RASNER
Announcing his candidacy more than a year before the 2024 primary, Reid Rasner was the earliest candidate to enter the fray against Barrasso. He is running as a Republican.
After graduating from Natrona County High School in Casper, Rasner owned and operated Wyoming Glass before selling it in 2009. He went on to attend the University of Wyoming, sold real estate in Laramie and Cheyenne and earned his financial adviser license. In 2016, he moved to Las Vegas to work in real estate, but eventually returned to Casper.
of that has come from Rasner’s own pocket via candidate loans.
Rasner said he doesn’t expect his campaign to slow down anytime soon.
“We’re going to be talking to anybody and everybody to get our message out and make sure that the disaster of John Barrasso doesn’t happen again,” Rasner said.
REID RASNER
In May, his online campaigning caught headlines, and the ire of Harriet Hageman, after Rasner posted photos of himself and the congresswoman that Hageman felt inaccurately implied her endorsement. The two subsequently sent one another dueling ceaseand-desist letters, but Rasner said it’s water under the bridge.
plan to get out.”
If we don’t, the world is going to be in worse shape than it is now,” Holtz said.
Born in Omaha, Holtz grew up to become an Eagle Scout and an attorney. He attended the University of Wyoming for his undergraduate studies before earning his law degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
As a judge in Converse County, Holtz said he helped establish the state’s current circuit court system. After 12 years on the bench, he moved to Laramie to work in private practice. He’s also admitted to practice in Texas and California.
since day one, since back in 1978 when I joined the postal service.”
Morrow is retired from the United States Postal Service, where he spent a career organizing and leading the American Postal Workers Union chapters in Colorado and California. He worked his way up from union steward to director of industrial relations, and is currently president of the retiree chapter chartered by the APWU, which Morrow said is the largest retiree chapter in the region.
If elected, Rasner said his top priorities would be Wyoming’s energy industry, southern border security and congressional term limits.
“We’re funding the entire world right now on the taxpayers’ shoulders,” Rasner said. “We’re coming up on another budget session here in a few weeks, where they’re going to have another huge omnibus bill come out and we’ve got to get our spending under control and balance the budget.”
Rasner has campaigned heavily across the state. A recent event in Riverton, by Rasner’s own count, was his 130th speaking engagement since his announcement.
So far, that’s cost his campaign almost $181,000, according to the latest FEC data. Altogether, his campaign has collected about $262,200 — all but about $25,000
“Listen, I support Harriet,” Rasner said. “She has great policies. I have no problems with Rep. Hageman. And I don’t think she has any problems with me. We had a disagreement. And we’ve moved on.”
JOHN HOLTZ
Also running as a Republican, John Holtz is seeking to unseat Barrasso — an endeavor he also took on in 2018. More recently, he ran against U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis in 2020. He failed to capture more than 3% of the vote in either election, but is aiming to earn more support this year.
If elected to the Senate, Holtz said his top priority would be Wyoming’s energy industry. There are too many regulations, Holtz said, “that’s basically making it more difficult simply to produce what we have in abundance.”
“Wyoming is a treasure trove,” Holtz said. “We have energy, materials that no one else has. And you know what happens if you take a lump of coal and you squeeze it long enough and hard enough, it turns into a diamond.”
SCOTT MORROW
“We need somebody with some experience that knows how to perform in a crisis,” Holtz, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, told WyoFile. “It’s time for a change.”
When it comes to the U.S. providing military support to foreign conflicts, Holtz said “you have to look at both going in and having a
When the Wyoming Democratic Party asked Scott Morrow to run, he “had no choice but to say yes,” Morrow told WyoFile.
It’s critical that voters have choices, Morrow said.
“I don’t have any expectations that this is a cakewalk,” Morrow said. “But I gotta get out there and try. I’ve been reaching across the aisle to Republicans
“Basically what I do is dial Congress, write Congress, and try to [persuade] these elected officials,” Morrow said, to support his constituents. But that’s left him disappointed in Wyoming’s delegation.
“They hate Social Security. They hate Medicare. They hate the Civil Service Retirement System. They hate the Federal Employees Retirement System,” Morrow said.
Born in Denver, Morrow grew up in Colorado as a “straight-A student and a championship wrestler,” he said.
Afterward, he landed at Antelope Valley College in California, but ended up leaving to raise a family before completing a degree. Morrow went on to have five children, whom he raised mostly as a single parent after his spouse left the family, he said. In 2004, he moved to Wyoming.
Addressing poverty would be Morrow’s top priority as a member of Congress.
“Kids going to bed hungry. That’s the most pressing issue to me,” Morrow said. Another priority for Morrow would be firearm suicides.
“I think that at the federal level we could put some reasonable safety measures on guns,” Morrow said.
JOHN HOLTZ
SCOTT MORROW
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RACE U.S. House
Hageman running for second term in U.S. House
BY WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE STAFF
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S.
Rep. Harriet Hageman (RWyo.) announced in January her campaign for reelection, touting her record of fighting for Wyoming’s interests and defending the state against the “wretchedness” of the Biden administration’s overreach, a news release from her office said.
In a video announcement, Hageman recounted the battles and victories in her first term in the House of Representatives and issued a call to action for conservatives to help expand their margin in the House, regain control of the Senate and win back the White House.
Hageman, whose campaign can be found online at HagemanForWyoming.com, highlighted her efforts on behalf of Wyomingites since she was first sworn into Congress nearly one year ago.
“I have met with thousands of constituents, students, and community and business leaders across the state, and I held a public town hall in all 23 counties to discuss my work and your concerns,” Hageman said in the video. “I have delivered on Wyoming’s priorities, by working to delist the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear and to defund
the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan, both of which have passed the House.”
HARRIET HAGEMAN
Hageman detailed the ongoing war against the ceaseless attempts of leftists in government to interfere with the daily lives of American citizens.
“I held Biden administration officials accountable, questioning them on their government-imposed wretchedness in the form of energy poverty, the criminals and terrorists flooding our southern border, and the blatant overreach and violation of our constitutional rights by
our own federal agencies,” she said. “The House majority has exposed the weaponization of the federal government, targeting and censoring our citizens, surveilling Catholics and parents, and abuses of the First and Fourth amendments.”
Hageman cited the House passage of important policies to advance the conservative agenda, protect the rights of citizens, and improve our national security.
“I was also proud to support our House priorities in passing the POWER Act and COAL Act to protect our Wyoming industries, the Parents Bill of Rights to codify their right to raise their children, and the strongest border security package ever passed through the House,” she said.
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RACE U.S. House
Two challengers running in U.S. House race
BY MAGGIE MULLEN WyoFile.com
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.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (RWyo.) faces two challengers in the 2024 election cycle. They include:
KYLE “EL” CAMERON
Like Morrow, Kyle “El” Cameron is running as a Democrat and has also been discouraged by what she says is a lack of support for workers by Wyoming’s congressional delegation.
“I looked at Hageman’s voting record, and I stumbled onto the [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] website. And in every single case, Harriet Hageman has voted against workers,” Cameron said.
Born and raised in Cheyenne, Cameron grew up in a family of political organizers, which she said shaped her understanding of the importance of civic engagement and participation.
“This is democracy. This is the world that I live in — this ability to speak up about issues that I care deeply about,” Cameron said.
“To put your name on a ballot is a duty, a responsibility and an honor.”
The AFL-CIO is a national trade union center, which puts together a legislative scorecard. Hageman’s score was, in fact, what ultimately moved Cameron to run.
“I will stand with workers and I will stand with legislation that supports our workers, and supports and strengthens our unions, protects our workers when they try to speak out about workplace harassment and toxic environments,” Cameron said.
Cameron graduated from Central High School before pursuing higher education. That includes a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming in social sciences and two master’s degrees — one from Colorado State University, the other from Walden University.
Cameron’s career has mostly been in grant writing and program management. She currently lives in Laramie.
“My No. 1 concern for all Wyomingites is our access to legal and safe abortion,” Cameron said. “Abortion is necessary for us to be able to continue in our democracy. Women have the right to do what they want with their body’s autonomy, and your moral right may not infringe on my bodily autonomy and what I choose for myself.”
Cameron said she would support federal legislation that guarantees access to abortion on a national basis.
STEVEN HELLING
Running as a Republican this time, Steven Helling previously ran as a Democrat for Wyoming’s U.S. House seat in 2022. Distinct from his opponents, Helling ran as a pro-Trump Democrat.
“I was hoping to give the Wyoming voters a chance to send a message to Washington D.C. that the Democratic Party was out of control,” Helling said. “I quickly found out that ‘Democrats for Trump’ was not popular.”
Legal Aid Services Board here in Casper for nine years,” Helling said.
Up until about two years ago, Helling lived in Colorado Springs. He practiced law there for about two decades, but eventually, he and his wife moved to Casper to be closer to his children and grandchildren.
Helling’s support of Trump remains steadfast, but he regrets registering as a Democrat. He changed his registration to Republican in September 2022, and said he plans to be “a Republican for the rest of my life.”
Helling, an attorney, graduated from the University of Wyoming with his law degree in 1981.
“I have resolved literally hundreds of disputes. I’ve interpreted dozens of laws. I’ve served on boards and commissions, including the Colorado Springs Ethics Commission for six years, and the
Helling’s top concern as a congressman would be nuclear power.
“If elected, I would move to have a moratorium on all nuclearpower construction throughout the United States until such time as there was a permanent storage site fully built and operational for our nuclear waste,” Helling said.
“Certainly that’s something that Congress could address, but it’s also something our state legislators could address and declare a moratorium within Wyoming. But the financial pull is so great, I’m really fearful that we’re being led by the Pied Piper down a bad path.”
Helling said he would also support national legislation to limit abortions.
The primary election is Aug. 20. Early voting for most residents starts July 23.
KYLE ‘EL’ CAMERON STEVEN HELLING
PRIMARY ELECTION
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These candidates withdrew after ballots were printed: Cody Council Member Ward 3 Brian Walker
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