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RandySF

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Wed Jun 3, 2026, 02:34 PM Wednesday

WY-SEN: Five Republicans, 2 Democrats vie for US Senate in Wyoming primaries

Democrats have a choice to make as James Byrd, a former state representative who served from 2009-2019, faces Billy Benavidez, a greenskeeper from Sheridan and the father of two.

Byrd, a Cheyenne resident, is 72 and has worked in the fields of computer networking, geophysical exploration and software management. A passionate public lands supporter, he recently blasted Hageman over her bill to require construction of roads in some roadless areas of national forests.....

Benavidez said he stands for freedom, against spying on Americans through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and for term limits. “I’m running for office for one term only,” he said, “and please put that in bold.”

Voters he has talked to, “they’re very concerned about the dark MAGA,” he said, “as well as the far, far, far, far, far, far, far, left, which is out of the mainstream. My platform, essentially, is Gov. [Dave] Freudenthal and a remnant — because we’re not many left — a remnant of the old JFK.”



https://wyofile.com/five-republicans-2-democrats-vie-for-us-senate-in-wyoming-primaries/

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