The Cowboy State is notorious for closely contested campaigns, including one election nearly 25 years ago that was decided by a ping-pong ball after ending in a tie.
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead's campaign spent over $1 million to get elected in 2010. The candidates in the race to succeed him may spend five times that.
One angry Rock Springs resident is fed up with political ads, so he came up with his own campaign sign and planted it in his front yard. The sign says "I'm An (expletive), Not Running For Anything, I Just Wanted A Sign".