Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat will feature a crowded general election field this November, after minor-party candidates were certified to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot alongside the major-party nominees.
Libertarian Shawn Johnson and Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit both made the cut and will join Republican Chuck Gray and Democrat Lisa Kinney in the race.
Johnson, a former Casper City Council member elected in 2014 after 21 years as an Army combat medic in the Wyoming National Guard, served two terms on the council, including a year as vice mayor. He has described his approach to governance around a central question: “Does government really need to be involved in this?” Johnson previously ran as a Libertarian for Wyoming House District 28 in 2020, losing by 50 points to Republican Ron Walters, and has served as chair of the Libertarian Party of Wyoming.
Haggit has run for Congress twice before, drawing about 3% of the vote in 2020, when Liz Cheney won the seat, and about 2% in 2024, when Harriet Hageman won. He has served as state chair of the Constitution Party and on the United Way of Southwest Wyoming’s Uinta Advisory Council. A statement on the Wyoming Constitution Party’s website said Haggit “is not running to manage the federal government more politely. He is running from the conviction that the federal government must be restrained, the Constitution must be obeyed, and Wyoming must remain free.”
Independent candidates qualify for Wyoming’s ballot through a petition process requiring signatures from registered voters totaling at least 2% of the votes cast in the previous election for that office, while minor and provisional parties select their candidates through convention.
By: BSB News wire