The Wyoming-At Large House was never meant to make anyone's watch list. Wyoming is one of the union's strongest (R) states. And even though we took the governor's mansion in 2002, such a victory at the federal level would be all but unheard of.
But the Wyoming correspondent at the Political State Report notes that a nasty Republican primary may give Dems a cause for hope.
Both before and after Cubin announced for a sixth term, rumors swept the state that the Republican Party was looking for someone else to run for her seat. But no Republican stepped forward and the end-of-year announcement by Ron Akin, her 2002 Democratic opponent, that he would run again seemed to be setting up a rare Wyoming rematch. Murmurs of concern rippled through the state as the ever-present understanding of Cubin's high negatives resurfaced. This week, two Republican challengers jumped into the race and things got really interesting.
Cubin does have high negatives, partly in response to her
lack of effectiveness in DC and to her high absentee rates. She blames that absentee rate on her terminally ill husband, but continues to run for reelection despite his continued illness.
I'm not quite ready to put this in the contested category, but it will definitely bear watching. Here's some additional information on Democratic candidate Ron Akin.