New third parties have failed to upend the political cart in the Wyoming Legislature. The Constitution and Wyoming Country parties joined the more established Libertarian Party on the Wyoming ballot in Tuesday's election. The Wyoming Country Party put up four candidates for state legislative seats, while the Constitution Party had two legislative candidates. The Libertarian Party ran four candidates. All 10 lost their races to Republicans. The most successful third-party candidate collected 23% of the vote. Don Wills, 1 of the Country Party founders, says that the election results show Wyoming is a solid Republican state and that the U.S. election system makes it tough for third parties to succeed. He says no decision is expected for several months on the future of the Country Party.
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