2020 Wyoming Senate election
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The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters elected state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.
Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. A primary was 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 | ![]() | |
Democratic | 5 | 14,559 | 11.57% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | |
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 | % | |
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Democratic | James Byrd | 912 | 99.3% | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.7% | ||
Total votes | 918 | 100.0% |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | % | ||
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | ||
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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]- 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming
- 2020 United States presidential election in Wyoming
- 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
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