The Wyoming Opposition
About Jimmy Skovgard
Fifth-generation immigrant. Fourth-generation Wyomingite. Husband, father, veteran, and the neighbor behind the Wyoming Opposition, the citizen effort that continues the work this campaign started.
Where Things Stand
The Primary Is Over. The Work Is Not.
On August 18, 2026, Wyoming Republicans chose Harriet Hageman and Chuck Gray as their nominees. I accept that result. It was decided fair and square, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. This is not a campaign that is quietly still running.
But winning a nomination is not the finish line for accountability. Every one of us still has a say in whether the people we send to Washington answer for what they do there, and that responsibility did not start with my campaign and does not end with it either.
Who I Am
A Neighbor, Not a Career Politician
I grew up in the Big Horn Basin: grade school in Greybull, high school in Basin, and college at the University of Wyoming. My great-grandfather, Simon Skovgard, homesteaded near Basin in 1909. Like many of us, I was raised to work hard, speak the truth, and take responsibility for my actions.
I served 12 years in the Wyoming Army National Guard and was honorably discharged as a captain. I have worked in the private sector, run my own business, and spent my life grounded in Wyoming values.
I never planned to run for office.
I got off the couch in 2024 because the path of division, distraction, and fearmongering is wrong. Fear can sharpen the mind in a crisis, but right now it is being used to keep us angry and apart. Nothing is being built.
I have seen this in my own family. A brother who forwards link after link filled with half-truths. A sister who lives in the Big Horn Basin and worries that “illegals” will invade her home. These are not natural divisions. This is deliberate manipulation for control, and it cuts deep.
Why This Continues
Going Quiet Was the Easy Way Out
Shutting this website down and going quiet would have been the easy thing to do. It would also have thrown away every question we started asking, every piece of the record we started gathering, and every Wyoming neighbor who signed up because they wanted to be part of holding power accountable.
I am not willing to walk away from that. So the site keeps going, and the work keeps going with it.
What The Wyoming Opposition Is
An Unwatched Office Drifts
Skovgard2026.org is now home to the Wyoming Opposition, a citizen effort that examines the public records of the people asking to represent us, publishes what it finds with sources attached, and asks the questions insiders would rather skip.
The Wyoming Opposition opposes both Harriet Hageman, running for U.S. Senate, and Chuck Gray, running for U.S. House and currently serving as Wyoming secretary of state. Our immediate objective this November is straightforward: inform and organize Wyoming voters, and keep Chuck Gray from winning that seat. Hageman's record stays under the same scrutiny.
This is not opposition for its own sake. Someone reading the record, asking the hard question in public, and writing down the answer is ordinary maintenance work in a republic. That work is easier together than alone, and it deserves more than one campaign's worth of attention.
Standards and Corrections
We Are Not Asking You to Take Our Word for It
Every factual claim about a public official’s record links to an original or authoritative source.
Opinion and judgment are clearly labeled as opinion or judgment, not presented as fact.
The record is corrected when new evidence emerges, or when something in it is wrong.
We are not asking anyone to take our word for it. We are asking Wyoming people to examine the record.
What Guides This Work
A short list of principles, not a platform.
Public office belongs to the people who are governed by it.
The Constitution and the rule of law apply to everyone, including the people who hold office.
Wyoming voices should guide Wyoming choices, not distant money or national factions.
Facts come before party loyalty.
Winning an election is not immunity from accountability.
One Thing I Still Believe
On questions of life, family, and medical care, I still start with Wyoming’s Constitution. Government should not force personal medical decisions on families.
“Every competent adult has the right to make personal health care decisions for themselves and their dependents, and the State of Wyoming must protect those rights from undue governmental infringement.”
Wyoming Constitution, Article 1, Section 38
Your Ballot in November
You Are Not Required to Give Away Your Vote
If Chuck Gray has not earned your vote, you are not required to give it to him. Wyoming voters have two lawful choices in the U.S. House contest:
1. Vote for another qualified candidate.
This both withholds a vote from Chuck Gray and adds a vote for someone else on the ballot.
2. Complete the rest of your ballot and leave the U.S. House contest blank.
An intentional undervote withholds support from Chuck Gray without adding a vote for anyone else. It is a deliberate choice, not a reason to skip the rest of the ballot.
Investigate the choices in front of you and vote according to your own conscience. Check with your county clerk or Wyoming’s official election website to confirm exactly who and what will be on your ballot before you vote.
Help Build the Opposition
The Wyoming Opposition Is Just Getting Started
Join the Pulse to stay informed with no commitment beyond reading. If you are ready to help build this, tell us what you can do.
We can use help with:
Together we can document the record, organize our voices, and keep Chuck Gray from winning in November.
Public office belongs to us. Let’s act like it.
Dig Deeper
Hundreds of essays on Jimmy’s journey and the path forward. Read the Substack, then join the conversation on the podcast.