Primary Election results

Unofficial results came in late Tuesday night for local Hot Springs County 2022 Primary Election races.

In the race for Hot Springs County Commissioner, incumbent Tom Ryan was the top vote earner with 935 votes. Paul Galovich received 873 votes compared to incumbent Jack Baird’s 835 which will send Galovich to the General Election in November with Ryan. Joe Martinez received 672 votes.

For Thermopolis Mayor, incumbent Mike Chimenti received 528 votes and Adam Ryan Estenson received 500. Both will advance to the General Election.

In the race for Thermopolis Town Council, all four candidates will move onto the General Election. In the Primary, John Dorman, Sr. received 580 votes, Tony Larson received 455 votes, Rachel Hughes received 431 votes and Bradyn Harvey received 362 votes.

In the race for the House District 28 seat, Republican John R. Winter received 1,511 and Democrat Kimberly Bartlett received 65 votes. The race will be decided in November’s General Election.

All candidates running unopposed in county races will move onto the General Election.

For Wyoming State US Representative, Republican Harriet Hageman received 1,440 votes and incumbent Liz Cheney received 383 in Hot Springs County. As of Tuesday evening, unofficial results statewide reported Hageman as the winner of the GOP nomination and she will move onto the General Election. Democrat Lynnette Greybull received 39 votes in Hot Springs County and reports statewide named her as the Democrat nominee.

In the race for Wyoming Governor, Republican Mark Gordon received 952 votes in Hot Springs County with Brent Bien receiving 797 votes. On the state level, early reports named Gordon the GOP nominee to advance to the General Election.

Democrat Theresa Livingston received 47 votes in Hot Springs County with Rex Wilde receiving 10. On the statewide level, reports as of Tuesday night named Livingston as the Democrat nominee and she will move forward to the General Election.

In the race for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, reports Tuesday night were that Megan Degenfelder won the GOP nomination and Sergio Maldonado, Sr. won the Democrat nomination with a final decision to be made in the General Election.

For full unofficial HSC results, visit the county website at https://hscounty.gov. For full statewide results visit https://sos.wyo.gov/

Full HSC results will appear in next week’s IR.