Cynthia Lummis retirement opens Republican primary in Alaska Elections 2026

Cynthia Lummis is retiring, opening an Alaska Elections 2026 Republican primary for Wyoming Senate as vote updates continue.

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Cynthia Lummis retirement opens Republican primary in Alaska Elections 2026

One-term Sen. Cynthia Lummis is retiring, opening an Alaska Elections 2026 Republican primary for the Wyoming Senate seat she holds. The live results page for the Wyoming Senate Primary Election 2026 says the race is now an open contest for Republicans seeking the seat.

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Vote data is being provided by the, while projections are being made by the NBC News Decision Desk. That setup means the page will keep changing as ballots are counted and the race is evaluated in real time.

Harriet Hageman and Sam Mead

Rep. Harriet Hageman is among the people in the race, and former Kirby Mayor Sam Mead is also listed. Sam Mead’s identification as a former mayor of Kirby gives the contest two named Republican candidates from different political backgrounds, even though the page does not list the full field.

The open-seat structure matters because Lummis is not running again, so the primary is not a challenge to an incumbent. Instead, Republican voters are choosing among candidates for a seat that will change hands at the end of her term.

Wyoming Senate Primary Election 2026

The source is a live-results page for the Wyoming Senate Primary Election 2026, and gray links on the page mark elections that have not happened yet. The page also notes that not every state will have a race for every office in the midterm elections, which narrows attention here to the Wyoming Senate contest.

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For readers following the race, the practical step is simple: watch the results page as the vote count changes. The open Republican primary leaves the field unsettled, and the names already on the page show the race has started without Lummis in it.

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