2026 forecast · Wyoming Governor

Eric Barlow is all but certain to win Wyoming's governorship.

Kenneth Casner vs Eric Barlow, an open seat. The model has Barlow ahead by 23.5 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +23.5Updated October 22, 2026
Kenneth Casner
Democrat
35.9%
78,255 projected votes
Eric Barlow
Republican
59.4%
129,394 projected votes
100%Barlow
0%Casner
Barlow all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Barlow wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Barlow
Model marginR +23.5No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +14.7 to R +31.92,000 simulations
Projected votes217,775Barlow 59.4%

The county map

Four ways to read the state: margin, shift from 2024, vote bubbles and turnout

Wyoming Governor by county

Albany CountyBig Horn CountyCampbell CountyCarbon CountyConverse CountyCrook CountyFremont CountyGoshen CountyHot Springs CountyJohnson CountyLaramie CountyLincoln CountyNatrona CountyNiobrara CountyPark CountyPlatte CountySheridan CountySublette CountySweetwater CountyTeton CountyUinta CountyWashakie CountyWeston CountyLaramieNatronaAlbanyCampbellFremontParkSweetwaterSheridanTetonLincolnUintaConverse
D +40R +40Click a county to zoom · arrow keys step through counties by size
Where the margin is won
Teton County: Casner +5,185Albany County: Casner +2,409Campbell County: Barlow +8,253Natrona County: Barlow +6,495Park County: Barlow +5,106Sheridan County: Barlow +4,841Lincoln County: Barlow +4,008Sweetwater County: Barlow +3,140Uinta County: Barlow +2,903Converse County: Barlow +2,769Big Horn County: Barlow +2,662Fremont County: Barlow +2,441Johnson County: Barlow +2,088Goshen County: Barlow +2,050Crook County: Barlow +2,025Carbon County: Barlow +1,790Weston County: Barlow +1,659Sublette County: Barlow +1,631Washakie County: Barlow +1,604Laramie County: Barlow +1,560Platte County: Barlow +1,459Hot Springs County: Barlow +778Niobrara County: Barlow +622
Casner +7,594 net votes from 2 countiesStatewide R +24.0, a 52,290 vote marginBarlow +59,884 net votes from 21 counties

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Kenneth CasnerDemocrat · 0% to win
35.9%
Eric BarlowRepublican · 100% to win
59.4%
Other / write-inO
4.7%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected statewide vote

217,775 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Eric Barlow R129,39459.4%
Kenneth Casner D78,25535.9%
Other / write-in O10,1274.7%
Total217,775100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

Every simulated outcome

2,000 sims
D +7.9: 1 simulationsD +6.4: 0 simulationsD +5.0: 0 simulationsD +3.5: 0 simulationsD +2.0: 1 simulationsD +0.5: 1 simulationsR +0.9: 1 simulationsR +2.4: 3 simulationsR +3.9: 5 simulationsR +5.4: 13 simulationsR +6.8: 10 simulationsR +8.3: 17 simulationsR +9.8: 25 simulationsR +11.3: 39 simulationsR +12.7: 52 simulationsR +14.2: 44 simulationsR +15.7: 92 simulationsR +17.2: 102 simulationsR +18.6: 103 simulationsR +20.1: 154 simulationsR +21.6: 160 simulationsR +23.1: 187 simulationsR +24.5: 171 simulationsR +26.0: 180 simulationsR +27.5: 145 simulationsR +29.0: 138 simulationsR +30.4: 113 simulationsR +31.9: 84 simulationsR +33.4: 59 simulationsR +34.9: 32 simulationsR +36.3: 28 simulationsR +37.8: 16 simulationsR +39.3: 6 simulationsR +40.8: 10 simulationsR +42.2: 4 simulationsR +43.7: 3 simulationsR +45.2: 0 simulationsR +46.7: 0 simulationsR +48.1: 0 simulationsR +49.6: 1 simulationsD +8.6R +50.4

80 percent of simulations fall between R +14.7 and R +31.9. Negative margins are Democratic wins.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%0% Casner100% Barlow15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Barlow +23.5
Chance of winning
Kenneth Casner0%
Eric Barlow100%
Simulated vote
Kenneth Casner35.9%
Eric Barlow59.4%
Other / write-in4.7%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +47.0
FundamentalsR +23.6
With pollsR +23.2
Early vote turnoutR +0.3
With early voteR +23.5

Read from 25,918 ballots cast so far in Wyoming, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

Who has endorsed

3 public endorsements in this race, each with where it was reported.

Eric Barlow3
  • Mark GordonGovernor of Wyomingsource
  • Tony RossFormer Wyoming Senate Presidentsource
  • Associated General Contractors of WyomingContractors groupsource
Every endorsement on Watchdog

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +56R +56Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +47.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +23.6With pollsno pollsR +23.2With early voteturnout so farR +23.5

Who votes for whom

Estimated vote by group from the model's simulated electorate

Estimated vote by group

model crosstabs
GroupShareCasnerBarlow
GenderMen49%31.863.5
Women51%39.356.1
Age18 to 2910%43.352.1
30 to 4419%36.259.3
45 to 6433%33.062.4
65+38%35.559.8
RaceWhite87%32.363.1
Latino7%52.443.2
Asian and other5%63.930.5
Race and genderWhite men43%27.567.9
White women45%36.858.5
Latino men4%50.644.9
Latino women3%54.441.3
All other races5%63.930.5

Every county

The projected vote in each county, largest first

Projected vote by county

23 counties
CountyCasnerBarlowOtherTotalMargin
Statewide77,685129,97510,115217,775R +24.0
Laramie County15,98317,5431,28834,814R +4.4
Natrona County9,48215,9771,11726,576R +24.4
Albany County8,3245,91554714,786D +16.4
Campbell County2,81711,07087014,757R +56.0
Fremont County5,5958,03673214,363R +17.0
Park County3,9219,02784113,789R +37.0
Sweetwater County4,8167,95660113,373R +23.5
Sheridan County3,9788,81953413,331R +36.3
Teton County7,9502,76525210,967D +47.2
Lincoln County1,9865,9944208,400R +47.7
Uinta County2,0294,9323437,304R +39.7
Converse County1,1553,9243885,467R +50.6
Carbon County1,6003,3902085,198R +34.5
Goshen County1,4243,4742315,129R +40.0
Big Horn County8733,5352474,655R +57.2
Johnson County9173,0051764,098R +51.0
Platte County1,1342,5932814,008R +36.4
Sublette County1,0722,7031613,936R +41.3
Crook County5722,5972283,397R +59.6
Washakie County7392,3431423,224R +49.9
Weston County5142,1732432,930R +56.6
Hot Springs County6311,4091662,206R +35.1
Niobrara County173795991,067R +58.4

Projected 2026 votes from the On Point simulation: each county's expected turnout times its simulated vote share. Totals may differ from the race total by rounding.

Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.