Eric Barlow picked lifelong Democrat Walter Eggers, whose political giving includes Obama, Clinton, Biden and thousands to Wyoming’s Democratic Party.
Wyoming’s Republican governor-elect Eric Barlow has nominated Walter Eggers as attorney general — a lifelong Democrat who helped fund Democratic presidential campaigns and the party’s state organization. Barlow announced the selection Nov. 10, one week after winning the election.
“I am a leader who stands firmly on sound, conservative principles,” Barlow said in his campaign announcement.
His nominee’s donation record points across the aisle. The Open Range Record reported $10,200 in contributions to the Wyoming Democratic State Central Committee between 2004 and 2019, including recurring $150 payments.
CampaignMoney’s records list $1,550 to Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008 and $1,250 to Hillary Clinton’s in 2016. Open Range also identified a $1,000 contribution to Biden’s campaign in the 2020 cycle.
“I think that anyone who donates to Democrats like Hillary, Obama and Biden is not someone who will look out for Wyoming’s best interests,” Wyoming Sen. Laura Taliaferro said, according to Open Range.
Eggers confirmed his lifelong Democratic affiliation to Cowboy State Daily. He said he would zealously represent the state if confirmed. The attorney general’s office currently defends Wyoming’s abortion bans and its law defining sex biologically.
Eggers still needs Senate confirmation. A simple majority would put Barlow’s Democratic donor pick in charge of the state’s legal representation.
