Cowboy State Politics

Sheriff Richard Mack is the founder of the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association.  He is also the first person to sue the federal government over Clinton's Brady Bill.  He's the the author of several books including his latest The Democrat Murder of America.   He joined me on the program to discuss the importance of the Sheriff and how to know if your candidate is the right guy for...

The Wyoming Realtors PAC has issued their 2026 endorsements.  It's a who's who of Democrats masquerading as Republicans. The average score of adhering to the Republican Party Platform from their honorees is 15% and they only vote with the Republican majority 17.2%--sure sounds like a bunch of conservatives to me. It looks like Ogden Driskill's "Become a Peacemaker" pledge didn't take. Not only is...

Being Independence Day we should have guessed that a Redcoat would post a video. J.D. WIlliams posted a video in which he tried to explain why the Democrats vote with Republicans and not the other way around.  Interesting though, there are a bunch of Republicans that the Democrats DON'T vote with.  Why?  The answer is easier than you might think....maybe it's because the values of the Democrats li...

A young volunteer with Americans for Prosperity (AFP) mistakenly knocked on my door this morning. He obviously didn't expect all the questions I was going to ask him--turns out he didn't even really know anything about the candidate he was supporting. Also, this morning on the live program I interviewed CJ Young who is running to be Wyoming's next Secretary of State.  

Earl Collier is running for the House of Representatives in House District 3.  That seat is currently held by Rep Abby Angelos who is running for the Wyoming Senate.  Collier is a GIS specialist and a surveyor.  We talked about why being a father and a busy business owner why he decided to do this.  We also spoke about the oil and gas industry, sage grouse and why government regulations--both stat...

Rep Abby Angelos is running for the Wyoming Senate in Senate District 23.  Her opponent in that race is Dwayne Dillinger.  He's one of the "republican" candidates in Campbell County that refused to show up at the Republican Party debate. I spoke with Abby on Thursday during the live program.  

A semi-anonymous group, BecomePeacemakers.org, is asking candidates to sign their "Love your enemies" pledge. Most of the people who have signed it are the very people have said some really nasty things about their political opponents.  Perhaps it wasn't the intent of the pledge but the real question is how it will be used--and that is a typical Redcoat tactic.   David Hill Joins the program to ta...

Steve Friess is running for the U.S. House along with 9 other candidates. He joined me in the studio for an hour a few days ago. It was a wide ranging discussion that covered everything from the Save America Act, the Convention of States, guns, so-called affordable housing and exactly who he is. I pressed him on the central claim of most of his campaign material--that he helped author executive or...

Just like the 8th grade delinquent that tries to forge his own report card, Eric Barlow has created his own Republican Party Platform Scorecard.  It appears to show he follows the platform 100% of the time--until you actually read it.  What it does say is that on 83 out of 5,815 bills he's followed the platform. When you look at his actual voting record it's, not surprisingly, the opposite of what...

It's not that the media and Redcoats disagree, they do, but it's that they can't understand conservatives.  It is psychologically impossible for them to get it; because they've never lived in a time when government wasn't involved in the economy. Wyoming's economic statistics are shockingly dismal--far below the national average.  Why? The number one industry and employer in the state is governmen...

Carlin Jones is running for the Wyoming House of Representatives in House District 28. He's a rancher from Otto, WY. House 28 covers parts of Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs and Park Counties. We had a wide ranging discussion about schools, spending, guns, data centers and more.

During a recent forum, gubernatorial candidate Eric Barlow couldn't give a straight answer to a clear question about abortion.  He said he's in favor of one exception. But other than that he's totally pro-life.  His voting record doesn't show that either. Link to The Open Range Record Article about his record: https://www.openrangerecord.com/news/d9236f31-fae6-4775-864e-7f8f589068a7   Anonymous "n...

Nick Ellis is one of the founders of "Christian Halls."  It's an alternative to our university system complete with all the accreditation that any other undergraduate or grad school would have.  Before our pervasive university system existed, if someone was interested in a craft, they'd go find someone who was good at it and apprentice under them. For thousands of years we educated our children li...

We have always been wary of new businesses or technology that we don't understand.  Just because we don't get it doesn't automatically make it bad. Data centers are in this category.  They're cropping up all over the place.  The businesses we should be wary of are the ones propped up by government.  If any business is playing by the same rules as anyone else, we shouldn't go running to government...

Secretary of State Chuck Gray had a contentious interview with Claire McFarland on the Cow Pie's morning show. It followed the release of a poll the Gray campaign released the day before. As with just about every poll, it contained message testing that McFarland and the liberals she talked to considered offensive. The interview turned into more of Gray questioning the "reporting" of McFarland and...

With this many candidates in the race, it's hard to figure out where they're all at.  The easiest way to figure that out is just to look at how well known they all are. All of them fall into one of three groups: everyone knows them, some people have heard of them and the third, who the heck is that? There's some clear front-runners but the rest of them have a race on their hands.  

Are there really moderates when it comes to politics?  In reality, no.  There clearly aren't any in the legislature.  When you look at the voting data, our legislators are solidly on the left or the right.  The reason why many adopt the "moderate" name is if they were honest and admitted to being on the left, few people in Wyoming would vote for them.  There's also a question of "purity tests." Th...

For a long time, liberal Republicans and Democrats in Wyoming have been trying to water down our primary system to make it easier for liberals to get elected.  In 2021, the Senate Corporations Committee discussed the idea.  That was pretty much a non-starter.  Now the same individuals--Nancy Case--is trying to water down efforts at eliminating crossover voting.  Of course, the Wyoming media, who d...

Jillian Balow is the twice elected former Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She took a job working for Glen Younkin's administration in Virginia for a time and has since moved back to Wyoming.  Now she's trying her hand at the U.S. House of Representatives.  Balow joined me on Cowboy State Politics Live to discuss her candidacy.

Moran ranch owner Frank Chapman is running for Congress.  He's lived in Teton County since 2011 operating the Heart 6 Ranch.  He's a lawyer and a hunting guide.  A political newcomer to Wyoming politics, Chapman says he's the right candidate because of his experience fighting the federal government.  He sat down in the studio with me on Wednesday.

Christine and I are off on another one of our adventures.  We've crossed the southern border--something about shopping and the Texas Rangers. On Friday's edition of Cowboy State Politics Live, I interviewed Rep Bill Allemand.  He just recently announced his re-election campaign.  The Supreme Court lifted the injunction on Wyoming's ESA bill.  And a lot more.  See you when we get back!!

Kevin Christensen is running for the United States House of Representatives.  He is among the 10 other people who have declared their candidacy for that office.  He spent 27 years in the military and a time as BLM director for NE Wyoming. One of the topics we focused on was the Buffalo RMP which was implemented when he was one of the heads of that agency.  I pressed him on what those BLM policies...

Rebecca Bextel announced Wednesday that she is seeking a nomination for Governor from the Constitution Party.  It sets up an interesting electoral scenario.  Historically, Wyoming has elected very liberal people to the Governor's mansion.  For 36 years, basically, the Democrats controlled the governor's office.  Since 2011 the Democrat party has struggled to gain voters and now is on the verge of...

Friday, I interviewed Fremont HD55 Representative Joel Guggenmos about his re-election campaign.  There had been some rumblings about him living for a brief period outside of his district.  He and his wife had their rent increased 600% and so they moved. For a few months, the Guggenmoses lived in a camper a short distance outside of his district. When they found a home they could afford, Joel and...

Kari Drost, Chairwoman of the Weston County Republican Party joined me to discuss Weston County's commissioners choosing not to follow statute and select someone to fill the vacancy of County Clerk.  While technically the commishes have 3 more days to comply with statute, Tuesday they tried to do the exact same thing as Sheridan county in 2022.