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Governor · Wyoming · 2026

General election · 3 on the certified November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)

Model rating Leans Republican (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated

News attention 32/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 4 days ago. How it works

On the November ballot (3)

Certified by the state, checked 2026-09-30.

Official source: https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/2026/2026_WY_General_Election_Candidates.csv

Latest verified field polling

Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.

Polling average

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Results

Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.

Democratic primary

Kenneth Casner won10,706100.0%

Republican primary

Eric Barlow won58,82045.1%
Megan Degenfelder38,73929.7%
Brent Bien30,84323.6%
Curt Blake2,1611.7%

Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-30 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-08-18 — Primary election: U.S. House
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. Senate

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Primary and hypothetical polls (1)

Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.

  • Republican primary · Pulse Decision Science (partisan) · 2026-07-18–2026-07-20 · n=400 · Eric Barlow (R) 42%, Megan Degenfelder 19%, Brent Bien 14% · release

Signals (experimental)

Attention 32 Vector R · Anchored

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
32OUT OF 100Low attention
Attention percentile21th
7-day momentum38 / 100
Source breadth50% of tracked

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness3 of 7 inputs (national, prior, pres) · missing: incumbent, money, pulse, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-26 (4 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin R +44.0Presidential lean of the seat (2024 R +45.8, national swing D +8.4)R +37.4Last result for this seat (2022 R +58.3, national swing D +8.5)R +49.8National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-30), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing × 0.8 for this office; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

Band: R · Anchored (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.