The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections will be held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters will elect state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.
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Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline was May 29, 2020.[2]
Retirements edit
Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:
Republicans edit
- District 10: Glenn Moniz: Retiring
- District 18: Hank Coe: Retiring
- District 20: Wyatt Agar: Retiring
- District 26: Eli Bebout: Retiring
Incumbents defeated edit
In primary elections edit
Republicans edit
One Republicans lost renomination.
- District 24: Michael Von Flatern lost renomination to Troy McKeown.
In the general election edit
Democrats edit
- District 12: Liisa Anselmi-Dalton lost to John Kolb.
Predictions edit
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[3] | Safe R | October 21, 2020 |
Results summary edit
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
Republican | 15 | 109,312 | 86.86% | 27 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 1 | |
Democratic | 5 | 14,559 | 11.57% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Libertarian | 1 | 1,762 | 1.40% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Write-in | 221 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 125,854 | 100.00% | 30 | 15 | 15 | 30 | |||
Source: Wyoming Elections Results |
Close races edit
District | Winner | Margin |
---|---|---|
District 12 | Republican (flip) | 12.0% |
District 10 | Republican | 12.5% |
Summary of results by State Senate District edit
State Senate District[4] | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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2nd | Brian Boner | Rep | Brian Boner | Rep | ||
4th | Tara Nethercott | Rep | Tara Nethercott | Rep | ||
6th | Anthony Bouchard | Rep | Anthony Bouchard | Rep | ||
8th | Affie Ellis | Rep | Affie Ellis | Rep | ||
10th | Glenn Moniz | Rep | Dan Furphy | Rep | ||
12th | Liisa Anselmi-Dalton | Dem | John Kolb | Rep | ||
14th | Fred Baldwin | Rep | Fred Baldwin | Rep | ||
16th | Dan Dockstader | Rep | Dan Dockstader | Rep | ||
18th | Hank Coe | Rep | Tim French | Rep | ||
20th | Wyatt Agar | Rep | Edward Cooper | Rep | ||
22nd | Dave Kinskey | Rep | Dave Kinskey | Rep | ||
24th | Michael Von Flatern* | Rep | Troy McKeown | Rep | ||
26th | Eli Bebout | Rep | Tim Salazar | Rep | ||
28th | James Lee Anderson | Rep | James Lee Anderson | Rep | ||
30th | Charles Scott | Rep | Charles Scott | Rep |
District 2 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Boner (incumbent) | 4,940 | 99.1% | |
Write-in | 46 | 0.9% | ||
Total votes | 4,986 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Boner (incumbent) | 9,372 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 9,372 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 4 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tara Nethercott (incumbent) | 3,787 | 97.2% | |
Write-in | 110 | 2.8% | ||
Total votes | 3,897 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tara Nethercott (incumbent) | 9,299 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 9,299 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 6 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) | 2,069 | 51.8% | |
Republican | Erin Johnson | 1,906 | 47.7% | |
Write-in | 20 | 0.5% | ||
Total votes | 3,995 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Britney Wallesch | 858 | 99.3% | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.7% | ||
Total votes | 864 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) | 6,879 | 64.7% | ||
Democratic | Britney Wallesch | 3,724 | 35.0% | ||
Write-in | 32 | 0.3% | |||
Total votes | 10,635 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 8 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Affie Ellis (incumbent) | 1,120 | 64.1% | |
Republican | Dan Young | 623 | 35.7% | |
Write-in | 4 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 1,747 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | James Byrd | 912 | 99.3% | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.7% | ||
Total votes | 918 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Affie Ellis (incumbent) | 4,231 | 61.3% | ||
Democratic | James Byrd | 2,623 | 38.0% | ||
Write-in | 47 | 0.7% | |||
Total votes | 6,901 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 10 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Furphy | 1,577 | 62.5% | |
Republican | Craig Malmstrom | 934 | 37.0% | |
Write-in | 11 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 2,522 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jackie Grimes | 1,554 | 99.4% | |
Write-in | 9 | 0.6% | ||
Total votes | 1,563 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Furphy | 5,593 | 56.0% | ||
Democratic | Jackie Grimes | 4,343 | 43.5% | ||
Write-in | 45 | 0.5% | |||
Total votes | 9,981 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 12 edit
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent) | 907 | 99.1% | |
Write-in | 8 | 0.9% | ||
Total votes | 915 | 100.0% |
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Kolb | 1,254 | 92.2% | |
Write-in | 106 | 7.8% | ||
Total votes | 1,360 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Kolb | 3,278 | 55.8% | ||
Democratic | Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent) | 2,576 | 43.8% | ||
Write-in | 24 | 0.4% | |||
Total votes | 5,878 | 100.0% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 14 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Fred Baldwin (incumbent) | 1,866 | 46.1% | |
Republican | Lyle Williams | 1,305 | 32.2% | |
Republican | Rex Rammell | 866 | 21.4% | |
Write-in | 15 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 4,052 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Fred Baldwin (incumbent) | 7,779 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 7,779 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 16 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Dockstader (incumbent) | 3,405 | 98.5% | |
Write-in | 51 | 1.5% | ||
Total votes | 3,456 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Dockstader (incumbent) | 9,231 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 9,231 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 18 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim French | 2,177 | 41.7% | |
Republican | David Northrup | 1,444 | 27.6% | |
Republican | Stefanie Bell | 1,269 | 24.3% | |
Republican | Richard Jones | 322 | 6.2% | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 5,224 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim French | 9,153 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 9,153 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 20 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edward Cooper | 2,300 | 47.6% | |
Republican | Linda Weeks | 2,084 | 43.1% | |
Republican | Roland Luehne | 440 | 9.1% | |
Write-in | 7 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 4,831 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Theresa Livingston | 418 | 99.3% | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.7% | ||
Total votes | 421 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edward Cooper | 7,497 | 85.0% | ||
Democratic | Theresa Livingston | 1,293 | 14.7% | ||
Write-in | 26 | 0.3% | |||
Total votes | 8,816 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 22 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dave Kinskey (incumbent) | 4,201 | 97.0% | |
Write-in | 132 | 3.0% | ||
Total votes | 4,333 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dave Kinskey (incumbent) | 8,516 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 8,516 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 24 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Troy McKeown | 2,374 | 63.4% | |
Republican | Michael Von Flatern (incumbent) | 1,360 | 36.3% | |
Write-in | 11 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 3,745 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Troy McKeown | 8,516 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 8,516 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 26 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim Salazar | 2,883 | 62.3% | |
Republican | Michael Bailey | 1,738 | 37.6% | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 4,624 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim Salazar | 7,790 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 7,790 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 28 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James Lee Anderson (incumbent) | 1,623 | 67.0% | |
Republican | Ryan Jackson | 787 | 32.5% | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.6% | ||
Total votes | 2,424 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James Lee Anderson (incumbent) | 6,132 | 100.0% | ||
Total votes | 6,132 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
District 30 edit
Republican primary edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles Scott (incumbent) | 1,740 | 57.7% | |
Republican | Charles Schoenwolf | 1,269 | 42.0% | |
Write-in | 9 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 3,018 | 100.0% |
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles Scott (incumbent) | 6,046 | 77.0% | ||
Libertarian | Wendy Degroot | 1,762 | 22.4% | ||
Write-in | 47 | 0.6% | |||
Total votes | 7,855 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Dan Dockstader President of the Senate". Wyoming Legislature.
- ^ "Wyoming 2020 Election Calendar". Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Wyoming State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
External links edit
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Wyoming", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Wyoming: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Wyoming". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Wyoming at Ballotpedia