1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming
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  Mike Enzi official portrait (cropped).jpg Kathy Karpan OSMRE (cropped).jpg
Nominee Mike Enzi Kathy Karpan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote114,11689,103
Percentage54.06%42.21%
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County results
Enzi:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Karpan:     40–50%     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Alan K. Simpson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Enzi
Republican

The 1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson decided to retire. Republican nominee Mike Enzi won the open seat. This is the last time a Democrat won 40% of the vote in a Wyoming Senate Election. Indeed, only one subsequent Democrat has scratched even 30%, and then only barely-- Nominee Gary Trauner in the 2018 wave year received 30.10% of the vote.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathy Karpan 32,419 86.07%
Democratic Mickey Kalinay5,24513.93%
Total votes37,664 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

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Republican primary results by county
  Enzi
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   70–80%
  Barrasso
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Meier
  •   30–40%
  •   50-60%
Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Enzi 27,056 32.47%
Republican John Barrasso24,91829.90%
Republican Curt Meier14,73917.69%
Republican Nimi McConigley6,0057.21%
Republican Kevin Meenan6,0007.20%
Republican Kathleen P. Jachkowski2,2692.72%
Republican Brian E. Coen9431.13%
Republican Cleveland B. Holloway8741.05%
Republican Russ Hanrahan5240.63%
Total votes83,328 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Enzi 114,116 54.06% −9.87%
Democratic Kathy Karpan89,10342.21%+6.15%
Libertarian David Herbert5,2892.51%
Natural Law Lloyd Marsden2,5691.22%
Majority 25,01311.85%−16.02%
Turnout 211,077
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "United States Candidates' Abstract" (PDF). Wyoming Elections Division. 1998. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
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