Cows dot the plains outside of Lusk, Wyo., on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Becky Blackburn, one of the few Democrats in Niobrara County, poses for a portrait in her home, July 30, 2024, in Lusk, Wyo. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Window stickers are displayed on Democrat Becky Blackburn's car in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Becky Blackburn, one of the few Democrats in Niobrara County, poses for a portrait outside her home, July 30, 2024, in Lusk, Wyo. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Republican political signs are displayed at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
A wildfire burns behind the cityscape of Lusk, Wyo., on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Ross Diercks, one of the few Democrats in Niobrara County, Wyo., poses for a portrait in Lusk, Wyo., on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Pat Jordan, a registered Republican who describes himself as a progressive, is interviewed at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
A vanity plate is seen on the back of a flatbed truck at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Pat Jordan, a registered Republican who describes himself as a progressive, looks at a get-out-the-vote display at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Spectators take in a livestock show at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Republican political signs are displayed at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
A road divides the plains outside of Lusk, Wyo., on July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
A pride flag flies below the American flag in front of Democrat Becky Blackburn's home in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)