Wyoming

Updated: November 27, 2021

Preliminary recommendations for Wyoming's primary elections

Wyoming is a tough one for climate change, because fossil fuel industries are large and powerful in the state. Ideally, the state would be pushing to encourage new forms of energy investment, but here we are.

Wyoming is a heavily Republican state, with about 70% of the presidential vote going to the Republican candidate in each of the last three elections. The balance of the state legislature is even more skewed. Because of this, in most cases voting for the best Republicans in the primary is important. Closer to the primaries, we'll have a more detailed breakdown for people who are in districts that could swing either direction.

As of this writing, the only clear primary vote is a vote for Liz Cheney for Wyoming's US House seat. Cheney is not going to work to reduce fossil fuels, but she has stood up for democracy in America, unlike the vast majority of her colleagues, and so far no Wyoming Republican in the House race has come forth with a climate plan.

Wyoming does not have fully open primaries, but does allow you to choose a party on election day.

We'll certainly want a more climate-friendly candidate in the general election, but we have to be realistic about our chances there (see how we choose candidates).