Democrats scoff that GOP efforts will flop because Americans care less about candidates' attributes than about issues like buttressing health care and wages.
Trauner ran unsuccessfully on questioning Trump's policies but got little support in his bid to become Wyoming's first Democrat in the Senate in over 40 years.
By many measures, times have been tough in Wyoming since 2014, when oil drilling all but ground to a halt amid weak markets for natural gas and thermal coal.