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Tom Lubnau: What In The Hell Is The Wyoming Republican Central Committee Thinking?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The body the Legislature created to run the Republican Party won’t endorse the man 58,825 Republicans picked as their nominee. To their credit, they aren’t endorsing Constitution Party candidate Rebecca Bextel, Ilhan Omar or Kermit the Frog, either."
Tom LubnauNovember 02, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming Is Not Becoming Colorado
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Wyoming is not going to turn into the gun-control, liberal paradise Colorado has become just because an Alabama transplant says so. A crass, uninformed, arrogant and incompetent third-party governor is not in Wyoming’s future."
Tom LubnauOctober 29, 2026
Tom Lubnau: A Party That Wants to Flush Fifty Years of Winning
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Chuck Gray is running affordability ads in October. When a Republican in Wyoming starts airing poll-tested commercials this late in the race, somebody on his staff is reading numbers they don't like."
Tom LubnauOctober 22, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Governor's Debate — Louder And Faster Doesn’t Make It True
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Bextel fired off claims about scams, swamp creatures and baseball bats while Barlow explained the Constitution and the budget process. If you were scoring on volume, Bextel won. But, volume is not the measure. Competence is."
Tom LubnauOctober 18, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Dealing With Election Cognitive Bias, Or Missing The Gorilla In The Room
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "As voters, we have to tune out the slogans and the name-calling and ask a simple question: Does this candidate have the skills to do the job, or is this just another blowhard tossing out catchphrases that tickle our biases?"
Tom LubnauOctober 15, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Setting Barlow’s Record Straight
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "In the 2026 governor’s race, much has been said about Eric Barlow’s supposed opposition to fossil fuels. Those statements are untrue. I know because I lived through, and took part in, the split estates debate when it happened."
Tom LubnauOctober 08, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Wyoming Anarchists, Redefining Words One Political Cause at a Time
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Legislature has only so many places to find the money, and the list is short. So before you vote to give yourself a small tax cut, know that you may be voting for a state income tax."
Tom LubnauOctober 01, 2026
Tom Lubnau: No One Gets To Steal Our Beauty
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Two women were nearly killed on the Clear Creek Trail, outside of Buffalo, and they will carry that a long time. But, we can't let one man steal our beauty. We have to stand against that kind of loss."
Tom LubnauSeptember 24, 2026
Tom Lubnau: LCCC’s Name Change, A New Sign Is Cheaper Than A New Idea
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "This is a fine way to treat your neighbors. Nothing says 'we're all in this together' quite like planting your flag on the whole state and letting the other seven read about it in the paper. It is also not the Wyoming way."
Tom LubnauSeptember 18, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Wyoming GOP Aims A Gun At Its Own Foot
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Elected Republican officials used Republican Party social media to advertise the gubernatorial candidacy of the Checkgate figure who handed campaign checks to legislators on the House floor. What the hell were they thinking?"
Tom LubnauSeptember 17, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Medicaid Expansion — We Are Already Paying The Bill. Are We Suckers?
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "If we expanded Medicaid, the federal government would pay a large chunk of the uncompensated care. The question is, are we suckers for paying the bill ourselves rather than letting the federal government pay part of the bill?"
Tom LubnauSeptember 10, 2026
Tom Lubnau: About Rebecca Bextel's Cute, Far-Fetched 'Plan'
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Bextel proposes new programs while promising to shrink government. She picks legacy industries to the exclusion of new development, and promises executive orders that are the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction."
Tom LubnauSeptember 03, 2026