Wyoming’s gubernatorial campaign is ratcheting up with attack ads now targeting Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder. First, The NarrativeThe ad opens on a female voice and an artificial intelligence-rendered avatar of Degenfelder in a sleek black suit. It says Degenfelder was “paid thousands to lobby for loopholes that let her company dodge millions in local taxes.” Jones calls the ad a misguided attack and even more of an attack on Wyoming’s coal and energy industry and workers. She also called it “consistent with Eric Barlow’s record of siding with environmental activists over Wyoming coal miners.