Big Horn County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
11 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 8 Big Horn County races, led by the Wyoming House District 26 contest.
Judges
Retention: Justice Bridget Hill, Wyoming Supreme CourtNonpartisan race · Bridget Hill
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Bridget Hill
Bridget Hill was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2025, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. She previously served as Wyoming Attorney General from 2019 to 2025 and earlier as director of the Office of State Lands and Investments and as an assistant attorney general. She earned her law degree with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Bridget Hill as a judge of the Wyoming Supreme Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Full race pageRetention: Justice Robert C. Jarosh, Wyoming Supreme CourtNonpartisan race · Robert C. Jarosh
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Robert C. Jarosh
Robert C. Jarosh joined the Wyoming Supreme Court in March 2024, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. He was previously in private practice in Cheyenne with the firm Hirst Applegate, LLP. He holds a law degree with honor from the University of Wyoming College of Law, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Robert C. Jarosh as a judge of the Wyoming Supreme Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Full race pageRetention: Judge Ben Burningham, Wyoming Chancery CourtNonpartisan race · Ben Burningham
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Ben Burningham
Ben Burningham has served as judge of the Wyoming Chancery Court since his appointment in January 2025, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. The Chancery Court handles commercial, business and trust litigation statewide. His current term expires in January 2027.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Ben Burningham as a judge of the Wyoming Chancery Court; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on every ballot in Wyoming.
Full race pageRetention: Judge Bobbi Overfield, District Court, Fifth Judicial District (Judge A)Nonpartisan race · Bobbi Overfield
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Bobbi Overfield
Bobbi Overfield has served as a district court judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Big Horn County since her appointment in October 2018, per the Wyoming Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Retention question on the November 3 ballot: voters mark FOR or AGAINST retaining Bobbi Overfield as a judge of the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District; a majority of votes cast on the question keeps the judge in office. Wyoming judges are appointed by the governor from Judicial Nominating Commission lists and then stand for retention, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. The question appears on ballots in Big Horn County, Hot Springs County, Park County, Washakie County.
Full race pageBy address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Big Horn County is split across 3 Wyoming House districts.
Find your districts by addressWyoming House: 3 districtsDistricts 26, 27, 28
Wyoming House District 26Dalton Banks (R) · Ralph Nieder-Westermann (D)
Dalton Banks
Top priorities
- Agriculture, public lands and water development
- Highways and transportation issues affecting rural Wyoming
Per the Lovell Chronicle.
About Dalton Banks
Dalton Banks is a Cowley resident who was first elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2022, per the Lovell Chronicle. His committee assignments include Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources, and Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Ralph Nieder-Westermann
Ralph Nieder-Westermann is the Democratic candidate for Wyoming House District 26 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Wyoming Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Dalton Banks (Republican), Ralph Nieder-Westermann (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Dalton Banks is the sitting member, per the Legislature's 2026 roster. Dalton Banks won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,938 votes (75.1 percent) over J. Addison Aagard (644), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageWyoming House District 27Martha Lawley (R) · Theresa Livingston (D)
Martha Lawley
Top priorities
- Securing taxpayer property tax relief
- Expanding homeschool definitions and education savings accounts and advancing parental rights in education
- Supporting private property rights and the energy industry and funding the 988 suicide hotline
Per the campaign site.
About Martha Lawley
Lawley grew up in Worland and graduated from the University of Wyoming with a political science degree before graduating with honors from Baylor Law School, per the campaign site. She practiced as a business litigator in Houston starting in 1981, eventually becoming a named partner at her firm, per the campaign site. She is the sitting representative for House District 27, serving on the Education Committee and the Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, per the campaign site.
Theresa Livingston
Theresa Livingston is the Democratic candidate for Wyoming House District 27. She lives in Worland, per the WyoFile 2026 Election Guide. Livingston previously sought the Democratic nomination for Wyoming governor in 2022, per the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Martha Lawley (Republican), Theresa Livingston (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Martha Lawley is the sitting member, per the Legislature's 2026 roster. Martha Lawley was unopposed in the August 18 Republican primary (2,087 votes). Theresa Livingston was unopposed in the August 18 Democratic primary (117 votes). Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageWyoming House District 28Allen Hogg (R) · Larry Alwin (D)
Allen Hogg
Top priorities
- Protecting roads and schools
- Conservation of the family ranching legacy and wildlife
- Common sense, practical leadership over partisan extremes
Per the campaign site.
About Allen Hogg
Allen Hogg is a third generation Meeteetse rancher whose family has operated in the Upper Greybull River region since 1918, per his campaign site. He has more than two decades of public service on county boards, and he and his wife Kristine have been married 45 years and raised three sons on their ranch.
Larry Alwin
Larry Alwin was the Democratic Party's nominee for Wyoming House District 28 in the 2024 general election, per a Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck election results memo. No campaign website or additional biographical information was found for his 2026 candidacy beyond his filed Facebook page, which could not be verified by fetch. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Allen Hogg (Republican), Larry Alwin (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. John Winter (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. Allen Hogg won the August 18 Republican primary with 1,525 votes (49.2 percent) over Marshall Keller (828), Carlin Jones (595), Roland Luehne (150), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageWyoming Senate District 19R. J. Kost (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
R. J. Kost
Top priorities
- Protecting Wyoming's agricultural heritage
- Investing in education and youth
Per the campaign site.
About R. J. Kost
Kost was born in Greybull and raised on a farm near Otto, and has lived in Powell since 1982, per the campaign site. He previously served in the Wyoming State Senate during the 2019-2022 term, per the campaign site.
R. J. Kost (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Sen. Dan Laursen (R), the sitting member per the Legislature's 2026 roster, is not on the November ballot. R. J. Kost won the August 18 Republican primary with 2,752 votes (53.5 percent) over Paul Hoeft (2,395), per the Secretary of State's official summary. Wyoming has no runoffs and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Wyoming's August 18 primary set each party's nominee by plurality (no runoffs); Constitution and Libertarian nominees and petition independents joined the November 3 ballot by the late-August filing deadline, and unopposed nominees still print, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election Candidate list.
Who is on the ballot in Big Horn County, Wyoming on November 3, 2026?
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