2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming's at-large district
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Nominee Liz Cheney Greg Hunter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote127,96359,903
Percentage63.59%29.77%
Wyoming House Election Results, 2018.svg
WY House 2018.svg
Cheney:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Hunter:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     50%     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Liz Cheney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Liz Cheney
Republican

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of Wyoming in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Contents

Key 2018 races in Wyoming included elections for Ggvernor, Secretary of State of Wyoming, U.S. Senate, 15 of the 30 seats in the Wyoming State Senate, and all 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives.

Incumbent Republican Liz Cheney won reelection to a second term. [1]

Primary elections to determine each party's nominee for the general election were held on August 21, 2018. [2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

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Results by county:
  Cheney
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 75,183 63.7
Republican Rod Miller22,04518.7
Republican Blake E. Stanley13,30711.3
n/a Under votes6,9545.9
Republican Write-ins4780.4
n/a Over votes1340.1
Total votes118,101 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Results by county: Hunter 50-60% 60-70% Helm 50-60% 2018 WY-AL Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Hunter
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Helm
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Greg Hunter 10,332 53.1
Democratic Travis Helm6,52733.5
n/a Under votes2,47612.7
Democratic Write-ins1000.5
n/a Over votes390.2
Total votes19,474 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [8] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Inside Elections [9] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RCP [11] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Daily Kos [12] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
538 [13] Safe RNovember 7, 2018
CNN [14] Safe ROctober 31, 2018
Politico [15] Safe RNovember 4, 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Liz
Cheney
(R)		Greg
Hunter
(D)		Richard
Brubaker
(L)		Daniel
Cummings (C)		Undecided
Change Research (D) [16] November 2–4, 2018858–55%28%7%6%–

Results

Wyoming's at-large congressional district, 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 127,963 63.59% +1.56%
Democratic Greg Hunter59,90329.77%−0.20%
Libertarian Richard Brubaker6,9183.44%−0.15%
Constitution Daniel Clyde Cummings6,0703.02%−1.10%
n/a Write-ins3910.19%−0.10%
Total votes201,245 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cheney for Wyoming" . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Election Information". Wyoming Secretary of State . Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rod Miller for Wyoming from Wyoming" . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Funk, Joel (June 7, 2018). "Blake Stanley enters race for Wyoming's U.S. House seat". Wyoming Tribune Eagle . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Election Results". Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Helm for Wyoming" . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Hunter for Wyoming" . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "2018 House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ "2018 House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  10. ↑ "2018 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Battle for the House 2018". RCP. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections 2018 race ratings". Daily Kos . Retrieved November 5, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ Silver, Nate (August 16, 2018). "2018 House Forecast". FiveThirtyEight . Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  14. ↑ "CNN's 2018 Race Ratings". CNN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Who wins 2018? Predictions for Every House & Senate Election". Politico. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  16. ↑ Change Research (D)
  17. ↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019.

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