FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Governor Gordon Recommends Removal of Weston County Clerk

“Seeking to remove a duly elected officer for misconduct or malfeasance is a serious matter and should never be conducted unceremoniously, casually, maliciously, or without due process.”

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Jan. 7, 2026 - Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY), has directed Attorney General Keith Kautz to, “commence prosecution of the removal of Clerk Hadlock from office,” in a letter sent to the attorney general's office today. 

The Governor believes the Weston County Clerk has committed several acts of misconduct or malfeasance including her failure to appear for a legislative subpoena and her filing of a false audit report in conjunction with her duties as the Clerk of Weston County.

The Governor also noted in his letter the seriousness of this statutory duty.  

“Election results are the foundation of our democratic republic and they must be respected both in the secure and fair way that they should be conducted and in the respect that must be given to the will of the people whose votes were cast,” Governor Gordon said in his letter. “Seeking to remove a duly elected officer for misconduct or malfeasance is a serious matter and should never be conducted unceremoniously, casually, maliciously, or without due process. Thus, an unsubstantiated charge to find anything that can be used to remove someone from office is improper. My statutory responsibility is to determine whether it appears to me that the specifics of a complaint are sufficient for me to direct the Attorney General to remove a duly elected county official for misconduct or malfeasance, not to conduct a witch hunt at the behest of a disgruntled group of citizens.”

This matter is now in the hands of the Attorney General’s office. 

For more information: 

Amy Edmonds, Communications Director, [email protected]  

Janelle Collins, Strategic Communications Director, [email protected]