County Commissioner
What does this office do?
- Setting your property tax rate
- Funding county roads, parks, and public health services
- Setting land use and building rules outside city limits
Affects: Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency,
Candidates:
Democratic
Brenda Kirk chairs the City of Gillette's Historic Preservation Commission, spent 17 years in broadcast television, and once led Habitat for Humanity in Gillette. Kirk's priorities are keeping local health care services and strengthening public control over public lands.
Republican · Incumbent
Jim Ford is a Campbell County commissioner, named 2026 Wyoming County Commissioner of the Year, and general manager of the Fort Union Industrial Park on a reclaimed mine site. Ford's priorities are supporting the local energy economy and diversifying private business.
Republican
Sarah Farmer Edwards is a Campbell County native with more than 25 years of work in the oil, gas, coal and ranching industries. Edwards's priorities are careful county spending and growth planning that does not overburden taxpayers, plus education and workforce training.
Republican · Incumbent
Scott Clem is a Campbell County commissioner, appointed in 2024, who served three terms in the Wyoming Legislature from 2015 to 2021. Clem's priorities are careful management of tax dollars and steady, reliable county services.
Sources: campbellcountywy.gov2