General Election Recap

The 2026 General Election took place Tuesday and there were a number of important decisions on the ballot for voters in Sheridan County and the State. The three that were elected to the Sheridan City Council were Terry Weitzel, Greg Luhman and Amber Horsley. The three elected to be on the Sheridan County Commission were Jim Schellinger, Holly Jennings and Christi Haswell. All of the Sheridan County legislative candidates ran unopposed in the General Election. 

Renewal of the fifth penny sales tax that is a general-purpose sales and use tax that adds a single cent to every dollar of taxable retail sales in Sheridan County was approved. The two percent lodging tax that is paid by non local guests staying in Sheridan County was also approved. Proposition 1, the Wyoming Homeowner’s Primary Residence Property Tax Exemption Initiative was not approved.

Ann Perkins, Chase Christensen, Michael Lansing and Peter Hawkins were elected to serve on the Board of Trustees for Sheridan County School District Two. Don Julian, Elaine Olafson Henry, and Chuck Holloway were elected to the Sheridan College Board of Trustees.

The next Governor in Wyoming will be Republican Eric Barlow of Gillette, who easily defeated Democratic challenger Kenneth Casner and Constitution Party candidate Rebecca Bextel. 

Republican Harriet Hageman won her bid for U.S. Senate and Republican Chuck Gray was elected to fill Hageman’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Robert Short won his bid for Secretary of State and Steve Harshman will be the next Superintendent of Public Instruction. All of the results are unofficial and will be official when they are canvassed later this week. Click here for the complete results from Tuesday’s General Election.