Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election
Republican state senator will succeed term-limited Governor Mark Gordon in January.
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Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election
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What this story says
- Republican Eric Barlow won the Wyoming gubernatorial election.
- He defeated Democrat Kenneth Casner to win the race.
- Barlow will succeed Governor Mark Gordon, who is leaving office due to term limits.
- The Associated Press called the election result with no votes yet counted.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 28 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 30 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
12/100
30 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 3 of the 28 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Republican state senator Eric Barlow has won the election for governor of Wyoming. He defeated Democrat Kenneth Casner in the race. Barlow is set to succeed Governor Mark Gordon, who is leaving office due to term limits. Barlow will begin his term in January.
The Associated Press called the election for Barlow at 7 p.m. on election night. At the time of the call, zero votes had been counted and zero percent of the vote was in.
Coverage disagreements
The Winnipeg Free Press, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, and Yakima Herald-Republic digests stated that Barlow had won the Republican nomination despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump for someone else. This detail was not present in the other digests.
Omissions
None of the right-rated digests mention that Governor Mark Gordon is leaving office due to term limits. The Washington Top News full report, rated centre, focused on national election results and did not mention Eric Barlow or the Wyoming gubernatorial race.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 4 Nov 2026, 15:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
17 rated outlets
- Fourteen of the 16 left-rated digests reported that Republican Eric Barlow won the Wyoming gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner. Digests from Rocky Mountain Outlook, Coast Reporter, SooToday.com, Prince George Citizen, Orillia Matters, Thorold Today, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Sudbury, Bay Today, Guelph Today, The NOTL Local, and StratfordToday.ca all stated this fact. The remaining two left-rated digests, The albertan.com and Rocky Mountain Outlook, also reported Barlow's victory over Casner.
Centre
8 rated outlets
- All nine centre-rated digests reported that Republican Eric Barlow won the election for governor of Wyoming, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner. Digests from Washington Top News, Winnipeg Free Press, The Record, Newsday, WBAL, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, Yakima Herald-Republic, and Oil City News all carried this information. Digests from the Winnipeg Free Press, meadowlakeNOW, CFJC Today Kamloops, and Yakima Herald-Republic additionally noted that Barlow had won the Republican nomination despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump for someone else, and that he would succeed Republican Governor.
Right
3 rated outlets
- All three right-rated digests reported that Republican Eric Barlow won the election for governor of Wyoming, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner. Digests from MY Northwest, Cowboy State Daily, and Breitbart all carried this information. The Cowboy State Daily digest also identified Barlow as a state legislator of 14 years and mentioned his emphasis on health-care policy.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election?
- Of the 28 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 61% are rated left, 28% are rated centre, 11% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 30. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 28 rated outlets on this story, 61% are rated left, 28% are rated centre, 11% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election biased?
- Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election is one event reported by 30 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor election?
- 30 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who won the Wyoming gubernatorial election?
- Republican state senator Eric Barlow won the election for governor of Wyoming. He defeated Democrat Kenneth Casner to secure the victory and will take office in January.
- Who will Eric Barlow succeed as governor?
- Eric Barlow will succeed Governor Mark Gordon. Gordon is completing his term and is stepping down due to term limits. Barlow is scheduled to take office in January.
- When was the Wyoming gubernatorial election called?
- The Associated Press called the Wyoming gubernatorial election for Eric Barlow at 7 p.m. on election night. This call was made with zero votes counted and zero percent of the vote reported.
Read it at the source
30 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
17- Republican Eric Barlow wins Wyoming governor’s race (opens WyoFile in a new tab)
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens burlingtontoday.com in a new tab)
burlingtontoday.com — is burlingtontoday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens thealbertan.com in a new tab)
thealbertan.com — is thealbertan.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens StratfordToday.ca in a new tab)
StratfordToday.ca — is StratfordToday.ca biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
The NOTL Local — is The NOTL Local biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Guelph Today in a new tab)
Guelph Today — is Guelph Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
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- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Bowen Island Undercurrent in a new tab)
Bowen Island Undercurrent — is Bowen Island Undercurrent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold Today — is Thorold Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia Matters — is Orillia Matters biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Prince George Citizen in a new tab)
Prince George Citizen — is Prince George Citizen biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Coast Reporter in a new tab)
Coast Reporter — is Coast Reporter biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Rocky Mountain Outlook in a new tab)
Rocky Mountain Outlook — is Rocky Mountain Outlook biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens St Catharines Standard in a new tab)
St Catharines Standard — is St Catharines Standard biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record — is The Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
8- Election 2026: Barlow to be Wyoming's next governor (opens Oil City News in a new tab)
Oil City News — is Oil City News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming – WTOP News (opens Washington Top News in a new tab)
Washington Top News — is Washington Top News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens WBAL in a new tab)
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
CFJC Today Kamloops — is CFJC Today Kamloops biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
meadowlakeNOW — is meadowlakeNOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Newsday in a new tab)
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Yakima Herald-Republic in a new tab)
Yakima Herald-Republic — is Yakima Herald-Republic biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens Winnipeg Free Press in a new tab)
Winnipeg Free Press — is Winnipeg Free Press biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
3- Republican Eric Barlow Wins Wyoming Gubernatorial Race (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- Republican Eric Barlow wins election for governor in Wyoming (opens MY Northwest in a new tab)
MY Northwest — is MY Northwest biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Republican Eric Barlow Elected Wyoming's Next Governor (opens Cowboy State Daily in a new tab)
Cowboy State Daily — is Cowboy State Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
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