2010 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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2010 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming's at-large district
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Nominee Cynthia Lummis David Wendt
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote131,66145,768
Percentage70.42%24.48%
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County results
Lummis:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Wendt:     40–50%
U.S. Representative before election

Cynthia Lummis
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Cynthia Lummis
Republican

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The 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 2, 2010, and determined who would represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected served in Congress from 2011 to 2013. The election coincided with the 2010 midterm elections.

Contents

Wyoming has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Its 2008-2010 congressional House delegation consisted of one Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Wendt 20,410 99.04
Democratic Write-ins1980.96
Total votes20,608 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cynthia Lummis (incumbent) 84,063 82.82
Republican Evan Liam Slafter17,14816.89
Republican Write-ins2890.28
Total votes101,500 100.00

General election

Candidates

Polling

Poll SourceDates AdministeredCynthia Lummis (R)David Wendt (D)
Rasmussen Reports [2] September 30, 201061%29%
Mason-Dixon [3] July 26–28, 201059%29%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [4] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
Rothenberg [5] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
RCP [7] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
CQ Politics [8] Safe ROctober 28, 2010
New York Times [9] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight [9] Safe RNovember 1, 2010

Results

Wyoming's at-large congressional district election, 2010 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cynthia Lummis (incumbent) 131,661 70.42
Democratic David Wendt45,76824.48
Libertarian John V. Love9,2534.95
Write-ins2870.15
Total votes186,969 100.00
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 17, 2010" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State.
  2. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  3. ↑ Mason-Dixon
  4. ↑ "The Cook Political Report – Charts – 2010 House Competitive Races". The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ Rothenberg Political Report (November 1, 2010). "House Ratings". Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  6. ↑ Crystal Ball, as of November 1,2010
  7. ↑ RealClearPolitics, as of November 1,2010
  8. ↑ "2010 House Ratings Chart". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  9. 1 2 "House Race Ratings". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  10. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). p. 56.
Preceded by
2008 elections 		United States House elections in Wyoming
2010		Succeeded by
2012 elections


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