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Her website calls on voters to choose “Mary for Governor: Because Wyoming Matters.”

Mary Throne is your neighbor; she grew up on a ranch in Campbell County and went away for law school but returned just as soon as she was able, according to her campaign biography.

She “tired of politics as usual” and ran for the Wyoming Legislature in 2006, serving until losing her seat last year.

Throne wants to increase economic diversity and retain the state’s younger generation, visitors to the site will learn. They can watch a campaign video featuring sweeping vistas of Wyoming. A pumpjack sitting on the open prairie is the focal point.

So far, so Wyoming.

One thing absent from the website? Party affiliation.

And that’s where the candidacy of Throne, a Democrat, departs from typical Cowboy State fare. Nearly 70 percent of voters went for Republican Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election, the GOP holds every statewide office and Democrats hold just a handful of seats in the Legislature.

“I’m not hiding the fact that I’m a Democrat,” Throne said. “I’m not running away from that. But I’m a Wyoming Democrat.”