Unofficial vote totals tallied Tuesday show all but one of the incumbent state lawmakers running for re-election in this year’s Republican primary will move on to the general election in November.
Wyoming Rep. Ember Oakley, R-Riverton, lost the Wyoming House District 55 Republican primary race to challenger Joel Guggenmos, who earned 1,071 votes to her 855, according to the unofficial results.
No Democrats ran in the HD 55 primary.
Fremont County’s other incumbent state lawmakers who were defending their seats this year were able beat out their Republican primary challengers, according to the unofficial election results.
In Wyoming Senate District 26, incumbent Wyoming Sen. Tim Salazar, R-Riverton, earned 2,626 votes to challenger Elizabeth Philp’s 1,726.
No Democrats ran in the SD 26 primary.
In Wyoming Houe District 34, incumbent Wyoming Rep. Pepper Ottman, R-Riverton, earned 1,474 votes to challenger Reg Phillips’ 966.
No Democrats ran in the HD 34 primary.
In Wyoming House District 54, incumbent Wyoming Rep. Lloyd Charles Larsen earned 1,435 votes to challenger Tina Clifford’s 1,208.
No Democrats ran in the HD 54 primary.
In Wyoming Senate District 20, which covers portions of Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, and Washakie counties, local voters gave incumbent Wyoming Sen. Ed Cooper 97 votes to challenger Tom Olmstead’s 82.
Cooper won in the overall race, too, garnering a total of 2,650 votes to Olmstead’s 2,428, according to the unofficial statewide summary from the Wyoming Secretary of State.
No Democrats ran in the SD 20 primary.
In Wyoming House District 28, which covers portions of Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, and Park counties, local voters gave incumbent Wyoming Rep. John R. Winter 115 votes to challenger Kevin Skates’ 61.
Winter won the overall race, too, garnering a total of 1,707 votes to Skates’ 980, according to the Wyoming Secretary of State.
No Democrats ran in the HD 28 primary.
Incumbent Wyoming Rep. Sarah Penn, R-Lander, ran uncontested in the Republican primary for Wyoming House District 33, and she earned 660 votes, according to the unofficial results.
She will go on to face Democrat Ivan D. Posey in the general election.
Posey was also uncontested in the Democratic primary, and he earned 239 votes, according to the unofficial results.
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The Primary Election will be certified at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, in the Commissioners’ Chambers at the Fremont County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend.