CASPER, Wyo. — Four Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis met in Casper on Wednesday for the second Politics in the Park event of the 2026 election season.
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman, former judge John Holtz, rancher and former Kirby mayor Sam Mead and Mills businessman Jimmy Skovgard fielded 16 questions covering everything from foreign policy to local land management issues during the forum at Washington Park. Fellow Republican Jill M. Edwards did not attend.
The evening began with a question about how the candidates’ core values align with universal freedoms. Hageman, who
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