1990 Wyoming Senate election

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1990 Wyoming Senate election
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 1988November 6, 1990 (1990-11-06) 1992  

15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Russell Zimmer John Vinich
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Goshen Fremont
Seats before1911
Seats after2010
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote91,43671,549
Percentage56.10% 43.90%

1990 Wyoming Senate election.svg      Republican gain     Republican hold
     Democratic hold
1990 Wyoming Senate margins.svg Best-performing candidate by county
Republicans:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     >90%
Democrats:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Senate President before election

Russell Zimmer
Republican

Elected Senate President

Diemer True
Republican

The 1990 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect 15 members of the Wyoming Senate. This was the last election held before Gorin v. Karpan struck down Wyoming's county-based legislative apportionment plan in favor of single-member districts in 1992. [1]

Contents

Summary

PartyCandidatesSeats
Num.Vote%BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republicans 1491,43656.10%1991020Increase2.svg 1
Democrats 1071,54943.90%11659Decrease2.svg 1
Total24162,985100.00%30151530


DistrictSeatsIncumbents [2] Elected [3] ResultNotes
PartySenatorPartySenator
Albany 1 of 2 Rep. Bob Burnett Rep. Terry GuiceRep hold.Incumbent did not stand for re-election. [4]
Carbon 1 of 1 Rep. Bob Grieve Rep. Bob GrieveRep hold.
Converse 1 of 1 Rep. Jim Twiford Rep. Jim TwifordRep hold.
CrookWeston 1 of 1 Rep. Jerry Dixon Rep. Jerry DixonRep hold.
Fremont 1 of 2 Dem. John Vinich Dem. John Vinich Dem hold.
Hot SpringsWashakie 1 of 1 Rep. Mike Healy Rep. Mike HealyRep hold.
Laramie 2 of 4 Dem. Guy Cameron Dem. Guy CameronDem hold.
Dem. Win Hickey Rep. Gary YordyRep gain.Incumbent did not stand for re-election. [5]
Lincoln 1 of 1 Rep. Boyd Eddins Rep. Boyd EddinsRep hold.
Natrona 2 of 4 Rep. Charles Scott Rep. Charles ScottRep hold.
Rep. Gail Zimmerman Rep. Gail ZimmermanRep hold.
Sheridan 1 of 2 Dem. Della Herbst Dem. Della HerbstDem hold.
SubletteTeton 1 of 1 Rep. Bob LaLonde Rep. Bob LaLondeRep hold.
Sweetwater 2 of 3 Dem. Frank Prevedel Dem. Frank PrevedelDem hold.
Dem. Robert Reese Dem. Robert ReeseDem hold.

Detailed results

For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidates filed are excluded.

General election

To ease sorting, races won by a Republican candidate have a positive margin, while races won by Democratic candidates have negative margins. [6] [7]

Single-winner

District Republicans Democrats Total
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%TotalMaj.%
Albany Terry Guice4,68050.61Amber Travsky4,56849.399,248+112+1.21
Carbon Bob Grieve3,76263.35Tom McGuire2,17636.655,938+1,586+26.71
Converse Jim Twiford3,241100.003,241+3,241+100.00
CrookWeston Jerry Dixon4,101100.004,101+4,101+100.00
Fremont Sky Phifer5,09144.25 John Vinich 6,41555.7511,506-1,324-11.51
Hot SpringsWashakie Mike Healy4,312100.004,312+4,312+100.00
Lincoln Boyd Eddins 3,872100.003,872+3,872+100.00
Sheridan George A. Meredith3,71739.30 Della Herbst 5,74060.709,457-2,023-21.39
SubletteTeton Bob LaLonde3,98350.97H.L. Jensen3,83249.037,815+151+1.93

Multi-winner

District Republicans Democrats Total
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%
Laramie Gary Yordy12,95829.20Guy Cameron15,17534.2044,370
Derrell Norman7,63517.21Pamela Taylor8,60219.39
Natrona Charles Scott15,51040.72Barbara Reese9,25424.3038,090
Gail Zimmerman13,32634.99
Sweetwater Bill Taliaferro5,24824.95Frank Prevedel8,61140.9421,035
Robert Reese7,17634.11

Republican primary elections

Single-winner

DistrictWinners
CandidateVote
Albany Terry Guice2,636
Carbon Bob Grieve1,811
Converse Jim Twiford2,429
Fremont Sky Phifer372
Lincoln Boyd L. Eddins2,711
Sheridan George Meredith3,397
Hot SpringsWashakie Mike Healy3,235
SubletteTeton Bob LaLonde3,669
CrookWeston Jerry Dixon3,148

Multi-winner

DistrictWinnersTotal
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%
Laramie Gary Yordy6,89758.85Derrell Norman4,82341.1511,720
Natrona Gail Zimmerman7,83951.35Charles Scott7,42848.6515,267

Democratic primary elections

Single-winner

DistrictWinnersRunners-upTotal
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%TotalMaj.%
Albany Amber Travsky1,73758.86Marguerite Nelson1,21441.142,951+523+17.72
Carbon Tom McGuire1,888100.001,888+1,888+100.00
Fremont John Vinich 3,982100.003,982+3,982+100.00
Sheridan Della Herbst1,853100.001,853+1,853+100.00
SubletteTeton H. L. Jensen 1,048100.001,048+1,048+100.00

Multi-winner

DistrictWinnersRunners-upTotal
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%CandidateVote%
Laramie Guy Cameron6,40751.34Pamela Taylor3,40827.31E. Eugene Morris2,66521.3512,480
Natrona Barbara Reese4,690100.004,690
Sweetwater Frank Prevedel6,20153.94Robert J. Reese5,29646.0611,497

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