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Jillian Balow, a former Wyoming state superintendent of public instruction, is leaping into the congressional race to succeed Rep. Harriet Hageman within the Cowboy State’s at-large U.S. Home district.
“Wyoming deserves a consultant who understands our lifestyle and fights for it daily in Washington,” Balow stated, in response to a press launch obtained by Fox Information Digital “I’m operating to defend Wyoming’s vitality economic system, shield our constitutional freedoms, assist mother and father and college students, and ensure the voices of rural communities are by no means ignored.”
The race is an open contest as Hageman introduced a U.S. Senate bid final month after GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis introduced that she wouldn’t search re-election.
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Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow gestures throughout a information convention in 2022 in Richmond, Va. (AP Picture/Steve Helber, File)
“I’m happy with the legacy Senator Cynthia Lummis and Congresswoman Harriet Hageman have constructed by standing up for Wyoming values and refusing to again down in Washington,” Balow famous, in response to the press launch. “They’re trailblazers for our state, and I’m operating to hold that very same sturdy, impartial Wyoming voice ahead, to observe of their footsteps, and to struggle for our state with the identical conviction and resolve.”
Balow will face competitors within the GOP main for the U.S. Home seat from Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Grey and Reid Rasner, who misplaced a 2024 Republican U.S. Senate main within the state to incumbent Sen. John Barasso.
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In 2022, Balow resigned from her function as Wyoming state superintendent of public instruction to turn out to be the Virginia superintendent of public instruction.
She resigned from Virginia function in 2023.
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Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., speaks on the annual CPAC D.C. convention on the Gaylord Nationwide Resort in Oxon Hill, Md., on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Center East Photographs/AFP through Getty Photographs)
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“I consider Wyoming leads finest once we stand agency on conservative rules and ship actual outcomes,” Balow famous, in response to the press launch. “This marketing campaign is about defending what makes Wyoming sturdy and guaranteeing our state has a assured, impartial voice in Congress.”
