Wyoming rebuffs Trump, picks native son in GOP governor race
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — President Donald Trump tried his best to appeal to coal country but amid a truckload of bad political news, the top coal-producing state didn’t love him back.
Instead, Wyoming voters chose State Treasurer Mark Gordon, a rancher who grew up at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains, over political mega-donor Foster Friess in the state’s Republican primary for governor.
Calling Friess “Strong on Crime, Borders & 2nd Amendment,” Trump had endorsed Friess on Twitter as voting got underway Tuesday.
Trump hours later walked back Obama-era environmental regulations viewed as economic warfare in coal country and told a West Virginia rally that miners were headed back to work. About 40 per cent of the nation’s coal comes from Wyoming — Trump no doubt got heard out West.