Wyoming Democrats get drubbed - again - but not giving up
Democrats in Wyoming have suffered another dismal election despite their party's respectable performance in the midterms nationwide
By MEAD GRUVER
Published - Nov 11, 2022, 11:31 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 23, 2023, 03:55 PM EDT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Aaron Appelhans is among a rare few in Wyoming: A Democrat who won in Tuesday’s midterm election in this ever-redder state.
After being appointed as Wyoming’s first Black sheriff almost a year ago, he is now the state’s first elected Black sheriff. He beat a 20-year Republican police veteran with 52% of the vote.
"Albany County's kind of purple politically, so I was able to run on my record, the things that I've done," Appelhans said Thursday.
Yet across Wyoming, Democrats suffered another dismal election even as their party defied expectations and did reasonably well nationwide.
