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Opinion | In the face of national loss, Wyoming Democrats must seek out more local wins

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Wyoming Democrats have had increasingly little power in the Legislature , and realize their vote in the presidential election is meaningless because Republicans always win by massive margins here.

But the only suspense for Democrats was whether the party’s few lawmakers would return to the House and Senate .

The far-right House Freedom Caucus and its allies in the Senate would dominate the Legislature come January .

LZ Granderson: Whatever happened to cowboy political philosophy that we don't give a damn about how you did it back home? He says 13 of his party's candidates lost to Republicans in other contests across the state.

LZ: Wyoming Democratic Party must make a concerted effort to bring back voters who switched to the Republican Party .

It's been more than 50 years since Wyoming last elected a Democrat to Congress .