Gillette, Wyoming is located in Campbell County and has a population of approximately 32,000 people. The city is served by a Mayor/Council form of government with an elected mayor and six council members. Voting for local political candidates takes place during the general election each November. Currently, the mayor of Gillette is Louise Carter-King who was first elected to office in 2014 and has been reelected twice since then. The current council members are: Russell Johnson, Don Armstrong, Joe Pillon, Shawna Malmquist, Adam Helgerson, and Travis Becker. All of them were elected to their current positions during 2019.
The city of Gillette is currently undergoing several changes including growth in residential areas as well as construction projects such as the new hospital and high school facility. These projects have presented the citizens of Gillette with a number of issues to consider when voting for local political candidates from taxes to infrastructure improvement plans. With economic growth also comes increased need for services that may burden existing resources or require additional funding so understanding the potential impact on city finances will be important when voting for candidates this year.
The political climate in Gillette, WY is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, WY is very conservative. In Campbell County, WY 9.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.8% to 9.9%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gillette, WY is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, Wyoming is very conservative.
Gillette Metro Area is very conservative.
Wyoming is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Gillette, Wyoming: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Gillette, WY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 772 contributions totaling $55,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 641 contributions totaling $124,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)