CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Harriet Hageman, backed by former President Donald Trump in a bruising election with national implications, easily defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney in the race for the GOP nomination to represent Wyoming’s sole seat in the U.S. House.

As voters across Wyoming head to the polls Tuesday for the state’s primary election, the media scrutiny that the nation’s least-populated state has amassed is, in a word, unprecedented.

SHERIDAN, Wyo. — While some Democrats are crossing over to the Republican side, David Myers will remain faithful to the party.

BUFFALO, Wyo. – Local artist Judy Shubert holds a seemingly unpopular opinion in the Cowboy State: she is in Rep. Liz Cheney’s corner.

KAYCEE, Wyo. –Nicki Taylor is surrounded by local historical artifacts from the 1800s, but she is looking to the future and crossing her fingers for change.

MILLS, Wyo. – Amid jars of handmade jellies and shelves of baked goods, Adrian Dusseljee maintained an air of mystery about her politics.

Wyoming is, by all accounts, among the most conservative states in the nation. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump took the state with 70 percent of the vote, besting President Joe Biden by a greater margin than he did anywhere else nationwide. Biden’s approval rating in Wyoming currently stands at 22 percent, according to a July Morning Consult poll, with 76 percent of Equality State voters voicing disapproval.

CASPER, Wyo. – Jessica Steward has a theory about national politics: No matter which side of the aisle, it’s all a big spectacle.

CASPER, Wyo. – Eathan Murphy of Casper is making a big, bold and strategic move: He’s changing his party affiliation for the Aug. 16 primary election, joking he’ll probably need extra therapy sessions after voting for a GOP candidate.

GUERNSEY, Wyo. – Standing behind the cash register of his downtown hardware store, Charles Howshar, a registered Republican, voiced opinions that many Wyomingites seem to share: someone else should be sitting in Rep. Liz Cheney’s D.C. office in the Cannon House building in Washington, D.C.

WHEATLAND, Wyo. – For Alvaro “Al” Amaya, the Aug. 16 primary will be the first time he votes in Wyoming, and in his eyes, it’s time for Rep. Liz Cheney to go.

LARAMIE, Wyo.–On Aug. 16, Jason Clark plans to cross over from the Republican to Democratic party and vote his values in the primary election.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – With just two weeks until the primary, voters across Wyoming are speaking out about what matters most to them as they prepare to select the Republican and Democrat nominees for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

As the race to determine who will win Wyoming’s sole Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives enters its final months, the writing appears to be on the wall for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

Rock Springs resident Rosa Reyna-Pugh wants a legislator who will represent the needs of the Hispanic community—and not forget the community after taking office. The issues that matter most to her? Economic growth, immigration reform and translation services for Spanish speakers.

Thursday night may have marked the first time that the five candidates vying for the Republican nomination to represent Wyoming’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives were all in the same room together, but it was a different politician who dominated the conversation: former President Donald Trump.