POWELL — Banners, yard signs and candidate debates are a ways off, but the campaign for Wyoming’s next governor is already front and center.

Veteran state legislator Sen. Eric Barlow, R-Gillette, was in Powell on Monday at a campaign event to drum up support for his bid in the 2026 Wyoming elections to succeed Mark Gordon as Wyoming’s next chief executive. The 59-year-old will be on the Republican ballot for governor in the primary election on Aug. 18, 2026.

Barlow represents Senate District 23 in Campbell County. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving five terms in the state House of Representatives from 2013-22, including leading the House as speaker in the 2021-22 session.

He is a rancher, veterinarian and a former U.S. Marine. He and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter, Kat

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