2004 Wyoming Senate election

2004 Wyoming Senate election

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16 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate Even-numbered seats up, unexpired term in District 1
Majority party Minority party   Leader April Brimmer-Kunz (retiring) E. Jayne Mockler Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 4th district 8th district Seats before 20 10 Seats after 23 7 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 86,459 30,103 Percentage 74.17% 25.83%
Margin of victory Winner by party
Senate President before election April Brimmer-Kunz Republican Elected Senate President Grant Larson Republican

The 2004 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 58th session as part of the 2004 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 17. All even-numbered seats were up for election as well as an unexpired term for District 1. Republicans picked up three seats in the legislative chamber.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg [1]	Safe R	October 1, 2004

Overview

General election summary ^[2]

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before 57th Leg.	Up	Won	After 58th Leg.	+/–
	Republican	14	86,459	74.17	20	11	14	23	3
	Democratic	9	30,103	25.83	10	5	2	7	3
Total			116,562	100%	30	16		30

†: Incumbent did not run for reelection. ††: Incumbent defeated in primary. †††: Incumbent defeated in general election. ‡: Unexpired term.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st ‡	Chuck Townsend		Rep	Chuck Townsend		Rep
2nd	Jim Anderson		Rep	Jim Anderson		Rep
4th	April Brimmer-Kunz †		Rep	Tony Ross		Rep
6th	Jana H. Ginter [3]		Dem	Wayne Johnson		Rep
8th	E. Jayne Mockler		Dem	E. Jayne Mockler		Dem
10th	Irene Devin †		Rep	Phil Nicholas		Rep
12th	Rae Lynn Job		Dem	Rae Lynn Job		Dem
14th	Larry Caller †††		Dem	Stan Cooper		Rep
16th	Delaine Roberts †		Rep	Pat Aullman		Rep
18th	Hank Coe		Rep	Hank Coe		Rep
20th	Gerald Geis		Rep	Gerald Geis		Rep
22nd	John Schiffer		Rep	John Schiffer		Rep
24th	Dick Erb ††		Rep	Michael Von Flatern		Rep
26th	Robert A. Peck		Rep	Robert A. Peck		Rep
28th	Keith Goodenough †††		Dem	Kit Jennings		Rep
30th	Charles K. Scott		Rep	Charles K. Scott		Rep

References

1. Jacobson, Louis (October 1, 2004). "Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Preview". The Rothenberg Political Report: 7–10 – via Harvard Dataverse.
2. "Legislative Candidates' Abstract" (PDF). WY SOS. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
3. "Ginter named to finish Cathcart's term". Casper Star-Tribune . May 27, 2004. p. 15. Retrieved August 28, 2025– via Newspapers.com.