Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
A former lawmaker and an unsuccessful legislative candidate are challenging the state’s prohibition on failed primary candidates from appearing on the general election ballot as an independent
A Wyoming law prohibiting failed primary election candidates from seeking the same office as an independent in the general election is unconstitutional, claims a lawsuit filed Wednesday afternoon in Laramie County District Court.
Matt Malcom, who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in Cheyenne’s House District 61 during the primary, and former Wilson lawmaker Jim Roscoe are the suit’s two plaintiffs.
Roscoe represented House District 22 as a Democrat from 2009 to 2012, and then as an independent from 2019 to 2022. Malcom lost his primary bid to the incumbent, Freedom Caucus member...
