2012 Wyoming Senate election

Not to be confused with 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming.

2012 Wyoming Senate election

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15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate (even-numbered seats up)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jim Anderson John Hastert Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 2nd district 13th district Seats before 26 4 Seats after 26 4 Seat change Popular vote 89,939 10,686 Percentage 82.12% 9.76%
Results by district
Senate President before election Jim Anderson Republican Elected Senate President Tony Ross Republican

The 2012 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 62nd session as part of the 2012 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 21. Neither Republicans nor Democrats made any gains in the state senate. Of the fifteen seats up for election, only two saw competition between Republicans and Democrats, with each party winning one.

This election saw the newly-formed Country Party stand a handful of candidates against incumbent Republicans, who they saw as "essentially progressive big-government liberals." ^[1] No Country candidate won a seat.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [2]	Safe R	October 24, 2012

Summary

General election summary ^[3]

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before 61st Leg.	Up	Won	After 62nd Leg.	+/–
	Republican	14	89,939	82.12	26	13	13	26
	Democratic	3	10,686	9.76	4	2	2	4
	Country	3	3,753	3.43	0	0	0	0
	Write-in		5,150	4.70	—
Valid ballots			109,528	87.12	—
Blank or invalid ballots			16,198	12.88	—
Total			125,726	100%	30	15		30

Popular vote

Republican			82.12%
Democratic			9.76%
Country			3.4%
Write-ins			4.7%

Seats won

Republican			86.67%
Democratic			13.33%

Total senate seats

Republican			86.67%
Democratic			13.33%

References

1. Payne, Nathan (August 27, 2012). "New party puts up candidate". Gillette News Record. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
2. Daigneau, Elizabeth; Jacobson, Louis (October 23, 2012). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections". Governing. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
3. "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). WY SOS. Retrieved November 9, 2024.