Big Horn Co. voters match state, national GOP wave

By: 
David Peck

Voters in Big Horn County followed state and national voting patterns in Tuesday’s General Election: a Republican sweep of key offices.

County voters chose former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, in landslide fashion, with all 13 county precincts preferring the GOP nominee over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, 4,867 to 742, unofficially. Libertarian Chase Oliver received 82 votes.

Statewide, Wyoming voters chose Trump overwhelmingly, as well. With 18 of 23 counties reporting late Tuesday night, Wyoming voted for the former, and now future, president 116,026 to 35,897, unofficially. Only Teton County preferred Harris, 8,747-4,132. Oliver had received 2,358 votes statewide as of late Tuesday night.

Likewise, U.S. Senator John Barrasso swamped his Democratic challenger, Scott Morrow, in Big Horn County, receiving 4,922 votes to 703 for Morrow.

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman carried Big Horn County in a big way, receiving 4,644 votes, while Democratic nominee Kyle Cameron garnered 647 votes, Libertarian Richard Brubaker 162 and Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit 161.

Big Horn County citizens voted in favor of Constitutional Amendment A, which would allow the Wyoming Legislature to create a subclass of owner-occupied primary residences for the purpose of property tax assessments. Voters in the county voted yes for the amendment to the Wyoming Constitution 3,016 to 2,253.

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