Incumbent	Barbara Cubin
Party	Republican
Seeking Re-election?	No (more's the pity)
Candidate Website	House Website Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Barbara Cubin

2004 Presidential Vote	Bush - 68.86% Kerry - 29.07%
2006 Election Results	Cubin - 48.32% Trauner - 47.80%
Voter Registration	As at 6/11/06 Dem - 67,246 (25.56%) Rep - 162,952 (61.94%) Other - 32,855 (12.50%)
District Blog(s)

Challenger	Gary Trauner
Party	Democrat
Source of Information	Campaign Website
Candidate Website	Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Gary Trauner

Withdrawn Challenger	Rep. Colin Simpson
Party	Republican - son of fmr. Senator Alan Simpson
Source of Information	Colin Simpson announcement media story- droput
Candidate Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Colin Simpson

Potential Challenger	Al Hamburg
Party	Democratic
Source of Information	Politics1.com
Candidate Website

Challenger	Swede Nelson
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Swede Nelson launches primary challenge
Candidate Website	none located

Potential Challenger	Kenn Gilchrist
Party	Republican
Source of Information	The Green Papers
Candidate Website

Challenger	Bill Winney
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Campaign Website
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Challenger	State Rep Dan Zwonitzer
Party	Republican
Source of Information	The Green Papers
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Challenger	Cynthia Lummis
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Politics1.com
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Challenger	Mark Gordon
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Media story
Candidate Website

Background information

District Map

Because of its relatively small population, the entirety of Wyoming is represented by a single congressional district.

Repulican Representative Barbara Cubin has held the seat since she was first elected in 1994. Although Wyoming has traditionally been a conservative state (Bush carried WY with 69% in 2004), Cubin, who is a staunch conservative, has had more trouble getting re-elected in recent years than was anticipated. In 2006, she squeaked by Democratic opponent Gary Trauner (48.3% to 47.7%). Libertarian candidate Thomas Rankin garnered 4% of the vote. The race was considered a toss-up by most analyists.

Cubin has an unfortunate habit of saying and doing incredibly stupid things, which may factor into her high unpopularity: 47%. See the controversy section of Wikipedia's entry on Cubin for more.

Note: Trauner ran as a libertarian Democrat in 2006.

Resources

Below you will find links to futher information on the 2008 Congressional election in Wyoming.

General

Wikipedia: Wyoming's At-large Congressional district

Cubin (R- incumbent)

Wikipedia: Barbara Cubin
Official US House website
2006 Campaign website
On The Issues: Barbara Trauner

Trauner (D- possible challenger)

Wikipedia: Gary Trauner
2006 Campaign website