Ex-state education official launches bid for Wyoming’s lone US House seat

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Jillian Balow, a former Wyoming state superintendent of public instruction, is jumping into the congressional race to succeed Rep.Harriet Hagemanin the Cowboy State’s at-large U.S.House district.

“Wyoming deserves a representative who understands our way of life and fights for it every day in Washington,“I am running to defend Wyoming’s energy economy, protect our constitutional freedoms, support parents and students, and make sure the voices of rural communities are never ignored.”

The race is an open contest as Hageman announced a U.S.Senate bid last month after GOP Sen.Cynthia Lummis announcedthat she would not seek re-election.

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Then Virginia Superintendent of Public Education Jillian Balow in 2022

Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow gestures during a news conference in 2022 in Richmond, Va.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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“I am proud of the legacy Senator Cynthia Lummis and Congresswoman Harriet Hageman have built by standing up for Wyoming values and refusing to back down in Washington,” Balow noted, according to the press release.“They are trailblazers for our state, and I am running to carry that same strong, independent Wyoming voice forward, to follow in their footsteps, and to fight for our state with the same conviction and resolve.”

Balow will face competition in the GOP primary for the U.S.House seat fromWyomingSecretary of State Chuck Gray and Reid Rasner, who lost a 2024 Republican U.S.Senate primary in the state to incumbent Sen.John Barasso.

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In 2022, Balowresignedfrom her role as Wyoming state superintendent of public instruction to become the Virginia superintendent of public instruction.

She resigned from the Virginia role in 2023.

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Rep. Harriet Hageman

Rep.Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., speaks at the annual CPAC D.C.conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Md., on Saturday, Feb.22, 2025.(DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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