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Wyoming's 20th
State Senate district
Map of the district
Wyoming's 20th State Senate district as of 2022
Senator
  Ed Cooper
R–Ten Sleep
Demographics86% White
9% Hispanic
1% Native American
3% Multiracial
Population (2022)18,011[1]

Wyoming's 20th State Senate district is one of 31 districts in the Wyoming Senate. The district encompasses Hot Springs and Washakie counties as well as parts of Big Horn, Fremont and Park counties.[2] It is represented by Republican Senator Ed Cooper of Ten Sleep.[2][3]

In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system.[4]

List of members representing the district

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Representative Party Term Note
John Rankine Republican 1993 Elected in 1992.[5]
Resigned in 1993.[6]
Gerald Geis Republican 1995 – 2017 Appointed in 1993.[7]
Elected in 1994.[8]
Re-elected in 1996.[9]
Re-elected in 2000.[10]
Re-elected in 2004.[11]
Re-elected in 2008.[12]
Re-elected in 2012.[13]
Wyatt Agar Republican 2017 – 2021 Elected in 2016.[14]
Ed Cooper Republican 2021 – present Elected in 2020.[15]
Re-elected in 2024.[16]

Recent election results

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2008

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Senate district 20 general election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Geis (incumbent) 7,057 98.67%
Write-ins 95 1.32%
Total votes 7,152 100.0%
Invalid or blank votes 995
Republican hold

2012

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Senate district 20 general election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Geis (incumbent) 7,592 98.57%
Write-ins 110 1.42%
Total votes 7,702 100.0%
Invalid or blank votes 1,113
Republican hold

2016

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Senate district 20 general election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wyatt Agar 6,893 81.39%
Democratic Mary Jane Norskog 1,546 18.25%
Write-ins 30 0.35%
Total votes 8,469 100.0%
Invalid or blank votes 325
Republican hold

2020

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Senate district 20 general election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Cooper 7,497 85.03%
Democratic Theresa Livingston 1,293 14.66%
Write-ins 26 0.29%
Total votes 8,816 100.0%
Invalid or blank votes 275
Republican hold

2024

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Senate district 20 general election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Cooper (incumbent) 8,236 97.16%
Write-ins 240 2.83%
Total votes 8,476 100.0%
Invalid or blank votes 1,119
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1992 Apportionment Plan [5][17]
2002 Apportionment Plan [18][19]
2012 Apportionment Plan [20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "State Senate District 20, WY". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Current Senate Districts". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Senate District 20: Senator Ed Cooper". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Wyoming Legislator Database". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Election Results: State Senate". Casper Star-Tribune. November 5, 1992. p. 13. Retrieved November 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rankine resigns Senate seat". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. June 10, 1993. p. 11. Retrieved November 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Karpan supports 'affordable' special legislative elections". Casper Star-Tribune. September 10, 1993. p. 1. Retrieved November 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Election Results: State Legislature". Casper Star-Tribune. November 10, 1994. p. 13. Retrieved November 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Legislative Candidates Abstracts" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 1996. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "Statewide Legislative Abstract -- General Election -- November 7, 2000" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2000. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "Legislative Candidates' Abstract -- Official Wyoming General Election Results -- November 2, 2004" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2004. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Statewide Senate Districts Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2012. p. 10. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2016. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2020. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "2024 General Election Senate Candidates Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2024. p. 11. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  17. ^ "Map Archive". The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "HOUSE BILL NO. 0075" (PDF). March 1, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  19. ^ "WYOMING REDISTRICTING 2011-2012" (PDF). Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  20. ^ "District: SD20" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  21. ^ "Districts and Precincts by Legislative Districts" (PDF). May 17, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
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