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
