On Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Hanna, candidates running for State Senate, Carbon County Sheriff and Carbon County Assessor joined candidates for Hanna mayor and town council for a meet and greet ice cream social.
Candidates met potential voters upstairs of the church over cookies, slices of pie, ice cream, taco soup and hot chocolate.

For many, the 2018 primary election was one to watch on several levels as both Liz Cheney and John Barrasso fended off challengers within their own party while State Treasurer Mark Gordon narrowly avoided defeat by GOP megadonor Foster Friess. The importance of the primaries in 2018 was evident in the numbers as well.

Many interesting things happened during the 2018 primary elections, among them were a handful of municipal races that saw people running as write-in candidates. According to Wyoming Statute 22-23-307, a write-in candidate in the primary election needs a minimum of three votes to be able to advance to the general election. In the case of multiple candidates, the one who receives the most write-in votes advances to the general election.

Thomas "Thom" Gamblin is currently employed by the Rawlins Police Department (RPD) and has been for the past 13 years, but decided to run for Carbon County Sheriff this year.
"I decided to run for sheriff of Carbon County to make sure our county remains a safe place for the children of our community to grow up in," said Gamblin.

Ed Golden is running for re-election for the Riverside Town Council following his nearly four year term after the 2014 election. Golden stated that while he had some doubts if he should run again, he was encouraged by residents of Riverside.
“I figured if I could help out in the town I’d do that — and I haven’t had any complaints,” said Golden.