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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

“Let’s send President Trump a message ‘Wyoming is not Trump country!’ by beating Foster Friess and electing Mark Gordon.” This message from Switch For Wyoming was on my answering machine the evening prior to the August Primary election. Did it work?

Gordon 38,951, Friess, 29,842, Difference 9,109. Total crossover votes from Democrat and unaffiliated voters 10,392. The $150,000, Switch for Wyoming budgeted to get Gordon elected worked! Conservatives were wrangled out of a fair election in the Wyoming Republican Party Primary!

Primary Election undervote: Superintendent of Public Instruction 25,108 undervotes, Secretary of State 22,698 undervotes, State Auditor 18,481 undervotes, Treasurer 15,646 undervotes: yet, the Governor’s race had only 1,269 undervotes. People voted Governor that didn’t vote in the other races. They targeted the Governor’s race.

Democrat’s top candidates in 2016 and 2018 respectively Clinton 55,973 Throne 55,965 total Democrat votes in the 2018 Primary 19,459 the difference between Throne general and Democrat Primary 36,506. It appears Democrat voters are not only crossing over during the primary elections but staying registered Republican in order to distort the Republican Primary.

The vast majority of votes cast for Gordon in the primary likely came from voters that would later vote as Democrats in the general election.

The bill sponsored by Senator Biteman to limit crossover voting appears to be very appropriate at this time!

Thank you,

Ted Davis