2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming
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  2008 (special) November 6, 2012 2018  
Turnout58.9% (voting eligible) [1]
  John Barrasso official portrait 112th Congress.jpg No image.svg
Nominee John Barrasso Tim Chesnut
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote185,25053,019
Percentage75.66%21.65%

2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming results map by county.svg
County results
Barrasso:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

John Barrasso
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Barrasso
Republican

The 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012, alongside a U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Barrasso won re-election to a first full term.

Contents

The primary elections were held August 21, 2012.

Background

Republican state senator John Barrasso was appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, by then-governor Dave Freudenthal after U.S. Senator Craig Thomas died on June 4, 2007. [2]

Barrasso defeated Nick Carter with 73.4% of the vote in a 2008 special election to serve the remainder of the senatorial term. He was highly popular in the state, with 69% of voters approving of him. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 73,516 89.9
Republican Thomas Bleming5,0806.2
Republican Emmett Mavy2,8733.5
Republican Write-in2790.3
Total votes81,748 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county:
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Chesnut
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
80-90% Wyoming Senate Democratic primary, 2012.svg
Results by county:
  Chesnut
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Chesnut 9,173 53.7
Democratic Al Hamburg4,63027.1
Democratic William Bryk3,04717.8
Democratic Write-in2221.3
Total votes17,072 100

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid RNovember 1, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg Political Report [14] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Real Clear Politics [15] Safe RNovember 5, 2012

Polling

Hypothetical polling

John Barrasso vs. Dave Freudenthal

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
John
Barrasso (R)
Dave
Freudenthal (D)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [16] January 4–5, 20111,039±3.0%56%36%9%

Results

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2012 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 185,250 75.66% +2.31%
Democratic Tim Chesnut53,01921.65%−4.88%
Wyoming CountryJoel Otto6,1762.52%N/A
n/a Write-ins4170.17%+0.05%
Total votes'244,862''100.0%'N/A
Republican hold

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