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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on November 6, 2018. All of Wyoming's executive offices will be up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 21, 2018.

Governor

Main article: Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2018

Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead is term-limited and cannot run for a third term. Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon defeated attorney Harriet Hageman, businessmen Bill Dahlin, Foster Friess, Sam Galeotos, and physician Taylor Haynes.

Former Democratic Minority Leader of the Wyoming House of Representatives Mary Throne ran for the Democratic nomination with minimal opposition.

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Throne
Republican Mark Gordon
Libertarian Lawrence Struempf
Constitution Rex Rammell
Total votes

Secretary of State

Ed Murray, who had first been elected in 2014, intended to run for governor, but resigned February 9, 2018 following claims of sexual assault.[1] Governor Matt Mead appointed former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives Edward Buchanan to fill the remainder of Murray's term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward Buchanan (incumbent) 94,603 80.1
Republican Under votes 22,691 19.9
Republican Write-ins 793 0.0
Republican Over votes 7 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James W. Byrd 16,754 86.4
Democratic Under votes 2,646 13.6
Democratic Write-ins 73 0.0
Democratic Over votes 1 0.0
Total votes 19,474 100.0

Results

Wyoming Secretary of State election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James W. Byrd
Republican Edward Buchanan (incumbent)
Libertarian Kit Carson
Total votes

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon declined to run for a third full term and is instead running for Governor of Wyoming.

Republican primary

Candidates

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Curt Meier 51,338 43.5
Republican Leland Christensen 46,070 39.0
Republican Under votes 15,646 13.1
Republican Ron Redo 4,779 4.0
Republican Write-ins 247 0.0
Republican Over votes 21 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

No candidate filed to run; however, Chris Lowry qualified for the general election by receiving enough sufficient write-in votes.

Results

Wyoming State Treasurer election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Lowry
Republican Curt Meier
Total votes

State Auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Cynthia Cloud declined to run for a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kristi Racines 59,529 50.4
Republican Nathan Winters 39,873 33.8
Republican Under votes 18,481 15.7
Republican Write-ins 201 0.0
Republican Over votes 17 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Jeff Dockter, Wyoming Department of Enterprise Technology Services supervisor[9]
Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Dockter 16,330 83.9
Democratic Under votes 3,072 15.8
Democratic Write-ins 72 0.0
Democratic Over votes 0 0.0
Total votes 19,474 100.0

Results

Wyoming State Auditor election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Dockter
Republican Kristi Racines
Total votes

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Republican Superintendent Jillian Balow is running for a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jillian Balow 92,097 77.7
Republican Under votes 25,108 22.3
Republican Write-ins 885 0.0
Republican Over votes 11 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0

United States Senate

Main article: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018

Incumbent Republican Senator John Barrasso is running for a third term.[11]

Businessman and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008 Gary Trauner is running for the Democratic nomination.[12]

Businessman Dave Dodson initially ran as an independent, but later ran in the Republican primary and was defeated.[13]

United States House of Representatives

Main article: United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2018

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, who has represented the state in Congress since 2017, is running for reelection. She defeated Rod Miller, a former federal land planning coordinator, and Blake Stanley for the Republican nomination.[14]

Oil geologist Greg Hunter defeated attorney Travis Helm for the Democratic nomination.[15]

State Legislature

Wyoming Senate

Further information: Wyoming Senate

Of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate, 15 will be up for election in 2018.

District Representative Party Results Candidates
1 Ogden Driskill Republican Incumbent renominated Ogden Driskill (R)[16]
3 Curt Meier Republican Incumbent retiring to run for State Treasurer Marci Shaver (D)[16]
Cheri Steinmetz (R)[16]
5 Fred Emerich Republican Incumbent lost renomination Lynn Hutchings (R)[16]
7 Stephan Pappas Republican Incumbent renominated Stephan Pappas (R)[16]
9 Chris Rothfuss Democratic Incumbent renominated Chris Rothfuss (D)[16]
11 Larry S. Hicks Republican Incumbent renominated Larry S. Hicks (R)[16]
Lee Ann Stephenson (D)[16]
13 John Hastert Democratic Incumbent renominated John Hastert (D)[16]
Tom James (R)[16]
Ted Barney (I)[16]
15 Paul Barnard Republican Incumbent lost renomination Wendy Davis Schuler (R)[16]
17 Leland Christensen Republican Incumbent retiring to run for State Treasurer Mike Gierau (D)[16]
Kate Mead (R)[16]
19 R. Ray Peterson Republican Incumbent lost renomination R.J. Kost (R)[16]
21 Bruce Burns Republican Incumbent retiring Bo Biteman (R)[16]
Hollis Hackman (D)[16]
23 Jeff Wasserburger Republican Incumbent renominated Jeff Wasserburger (R)[16]
25 Cale Case Republican Incumbent renominated Cale Case (R)[16]
Sergio Maldonado (D)[16]
27 Bill Landen Republican Incumbent renominated Bill Landen (R)[16]
29 Drew Perkins Republican Incumbent renominated Drew Perkins (R)[16]

Wyoming House of Representatives

Further information: Wyoming House of Representatives

All 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.

District Representative Party Results Candidates
1 Tyler Lindholm Rep Incumbent renominated Tyler Lindholm (R)[16]
2 Hans Hunt Rep Incumbent renominated Hans Hunt (R)[16]
3 Eric Barlow Rep Incumbent renominated Eric Barlow (R)[16]
4 Dan Kirkbride Rep Incumbent renominated Dan Kirkbride (R)[16]
5 Cheri Steinmetz Rep Incumbent retiring to run for State Senate Joan Brinkley (D)[16]
Shelly Duncan (R)[16]
6 Aaron Clausen Rep Incumbent renominated Aaron Clausen (R)[16]
7 Sue Wilson Rep Incumbent renominated Sue Wilson (R)[16]
8 Bob Nicholas Rep Incumbent renominated Mitch Guthrie (D)[16]
Bob Nicholas (R)[16]
9 Landon Brown Rep Incumbent renominated Landon Brown (R)[16]
10 John Eklund, Jr. Rep Incumbent renominated John Eklund, Jr. (R)[16]
Jenefer Pasqua (D)[16]
11 Jared Olsen Rep Incumbent renominated Jared Olsen (R)[16]
Calob Taylor (D)[16]
12 Lars Lone Rep Incumbent retiring Ryan Lindsey (D)[16]
Clarence Styvar (R)[16]
13 Cathy Connolly Dem Incumbent renominated Cathy Connolly (D)[16]
14 Dan Furphy Rep Incumbent renominated Dan Furphy (R)[16]
Lorraine Saulino-Klein (D)[16]
15 Donald Burkhart Rep Incumbent renominated Donald Burkhart (R)[16]
16 Mike Gierau Dem Incumbent retiring to run for State Senate Barbara Allen (R)[16]
Mike Yin (D)[16]
17 JoAnn Dayton Dem Incumbent renominated Traci Ciepiela (R)[16]
JoAnn Dayton (D)[16]
18 Thomas Crank Rep Incumbent renominated Thomas Crank (R)[16]
19 Danny Eyre Rep Incumbent renominated Danny Eyre (R)[16]
20 Albert Sommers Rep Incumbent renominated Albert Sommers (R)[16]
21 Evan Simpson Rep Incumbent renominated Evan Simpson (R)[16]
22 Marti Halverson Rep Incumbent renominated Marti Halverson (R)[16]
Jim Roscoe (I)[16]
23 Andy Schwartz Dem Incumbent renominated Alex Muromcew (R)[16]
Andy Schwartz (D)[16]
24 Scott Court Rep Incumbent retiring Paul Fees (D)[16]
Sandy Newsome (R)[16]
25 Dan Laursen Rep Incumbent renominated Dan Laursen (R)[16]
26 Jamie Flitner Rep Incumbent renominated Jamie Flitner (R)[16]
27 Mike Greear Rep Incumbent renominated Mike Greear (R)[16]
28 Nathan Winters Rep Incumbent retiring to run for State Auditor Howie Samelson (D)[16]
John Winter (R)[16]
29 Mark Kinner Rep Incumbent renominated Mark Kinner (R)[16]
30 Mark Jennings Rep Incumbent renominated Mark Jennings (R)[16]
31 Scott Clem Rep Incumbent renominated Scott Clem (R)[16]
Dave Hardesty (I)[16]
32 Timothy Hallinan Rep Incumbent renominated Timothy Hallinan (R)[16]
Chad Trebby (I)[16]
33 Jim Allen Rep Incumbent renominated Jim Allen (R)[16]
Andrea Clifford (D)[16]
34 Tim Salazar Rep Incumbent renominated Tim Salazar (R)[16]
35 Joe MacGuire Rep Incumbent renominated Joe MacGuire (R)[16]
36 Debbie Bovee Dem Incumbent renominated Debbie Bovee (D)[16]
Art Washut (R)[16]
37 Steve Harshman Rep Incumbent renominated Steve Harshman (R)[16]
38 Tom Walters Rep Incumbent renominated Tom Walters (R)[16]
39 Stan Blake Dem Incumbent renominated Stan Blake (D)[16]
40 Mike Madden Rep Incumbent retiring Chris Schock (I)[16]
Richard Tass (R)[16]
41 Bill Henderson Rep Incumbent renominated Sean Castaneda (D)[16]
Bill Henderson (R)[16]
42 Jim Blackburn Rep Incumbent renominated Jim Blackburn (R)[16]
Juliet Daniels (D)[16]
43 Dan Zwonitzer Rep Incumbent renominated Dan Zwonitzer (R)[16]
44 James W. Byrd Dem Incumbent retiring to run for Secretary of State Sara Burlingame (D)[16]
John Romero-Martinez (R)[16]
45 Charles Pelkey Dem Incumbent renominated Roxie Jackson Hensley (R)[16]
Charles Pelkey (D)[16]
46 Bill Haley Rep Incumbent renominated Jackie Grimes (D)[16]
Bill Haley (R)[16]
47 Jerry Paxton Rep Incumbent renominated Jerry Paxton (R)[16]
48 Clark Stith Rep Incumbent renominated Clark Stith (R)[16]
49 Garry Piiparinen Rep Incumbent renominated Garry Piiparinen (R)[16]
50 David Northrup Rep Incumbent renominated David Northrup (R)[16]
Mike Specht (D)[16]
51 Bo Biteman Rep Incumbent retiring to run for State Senate Cyrus Western (R)[16]
52 William Pownall Rep Incumbent renominated William Pownall (R)[16]
53 Roy Edwards Rep Incumbent renominated Roy Edwards (R)[16]
54 Lloyd Larsen Rep Incumbent renominated Mark Calhoun (D)[16]
Lloyd Larsen (R)[16]
55 David Miller Rep Incumbent renominated Bethany Baldes (L)[16]
David Miller (R)[16]
56 Jerry Obermueller Rep Incumbent renominated Jerry Obermueller (R)[16]
57 Chuck Gray Rep Incumbent renominated Chuck Gray (R)[16]
Jane Ifland (D)[16]
58 Pat Sweeney Rep Incumbent renominated Pat Sweeney (R)[16]
59 Bunky Loucks Rep Incumbent renominated Laurie Longtine (D)[16]
Bunky Loucks (R)[16]
60 John Freeman Dem Incumbent renominated John Freeman (D)[16]

References

  1. ^ Rosenfeld, Arno (January 23, 2018). "Second woman accuses Murray of sexual misconduct; Secretary of state won't seek reelection or higher office". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Wyoming's appointed secretary of state running for job". Casper Star-Tribune. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Richard (March 22, 2018). "Alta's Christensen announces bid for state treasurer". Jackson Hole News and Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Statewide Election Results
  5. ^ Funk, Joel (February 9, 2018). "Cheyenne Democrat James Byrd to run for Wyoming secretary of state". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Brosig, Andrew (April 5, 2018). "LaGrange Sen. Meier makes treasurer run official". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  7. ^ Randall, Doug (April 27, 2018). "Kristi Racines throws hat in ring for Wyoming auditor". KGAB. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  8. ^ Spina, John (March 26, 2018). "Rep. Nathan Winters announces campaign for state auditor". Jackson Hole News and Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Funk, Joel (March 3, 2018). "Cheyenne Democrat Jeff Dockter declares candidacy for auditor". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  10. ^ Funk, Joel (March 3, 2018). "Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, a Republican, seeks re-election in 2018". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  11. ^ "Barrasso says he's ready to take on possible primary challenges". wyomingnews.com. October 11, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Democrat Gary Trauner Announces Bid for Wyoming U.S. Senate". U.S. News & World Report. December 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  13. ^ "Wyoming's Barrasso draws independent challenger". Politico. February 22, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  14. ^ "Miller announces bid for Congress". Northern Wyoming Daily News. January 12, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  15. ^ "Democratic challenger to Cheney emerges in Wyoming US House race". Casper Star-Tribune. April 30, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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