County voters match state and national GOP wave

Voters in Big Horn County followed state and national voting patterns in Tuesday’s General Election: a Republican sweep of key offices.

County voters chose former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, in landslide fashion, with all 13 county precincts preferring the GOP nominee over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, 4,867 to 742, unofficially. Libertarian Chase Oliver received 82 votes.

Statewide, Wyoming voters chose Trump overwhelmingly, as well. With all 23 counties reporting Wednesday morning, Wyoming voted for the former, and now future, president 192,576 to 69,508, unofficially. Only Teton County preferred Harris, 8,747-4,132. Oliver received 4,191 votes statewide.

Likewise, U.S. Senator John Barrasso swamped his Democratic challenger, Scott Morrow, in Big Horn County, receiving 4,922 votes to 703 for Morrow.

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman carried Big Horn County in a big way, receiving 4,644 votes, while Democratic nominee Kyle Cameron garnered 647 votes, Libertarian Richard Brubaker 162 and Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit 161.

Big Horn County citizens voted in favor of Constitutional Amendment A, which would allow the Wyoming Legislature to create a subclass of owner-occupied primary residences for the purpose of property tax assessments. Voters in the county voted yes for the amendment to the Wyoming Constitution 3,016 to 2,253.

On the county level, Rep. Dalton Banks of Cowley was unopposed for his District 26 seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives and received 3,584 votes with 95 write-in votes cast in Big Horn County and 358 votes with five write-ins in Park County. County commissioner Bruce Jolley was likewise unopposed and received 5,081 votes, with 107 write-in votes cast.