2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming
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Nominee John Barrasso Gary Trauner
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote136,21061,227
Percentage66.96%30.10%
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Barrasso:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Trauner:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
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U.S. senator before election

John Barrasso
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Barrasso
Republican

The 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming. The primary election took place August 21, 2018. [1] Republican John Barrasso won re-election with 67% percent of the vote, the lowest percentage of his three U.S. Senate campaigns and the closest a Democrat has come to winning a seat since the 1996 election, and the first time since that election in which Democrats managed to even win counties in the state, those being Teton and Albany, and the first time that the Democratic candidate won any counties for this seat since 1994.

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Background

In 2012, incumbent Republican John Barrasso was re-elected with 76% of the vote. Heavily rural, Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is considered the most Republican state in the nation. It has not elected a Democratic Senate candidate since 1970. In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain carried the state with 64% of the vote. Republican Mitt Romney won it in 2012 with 68% of the vote, and Republican Donald Trump won it in 2016 with 67% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Declared

Declined

Withdrawn

  • Charlie Hardy, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014 and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 [3] (endorsed Dave Dodson)

Results

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Results by county:
  Barrasso
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Dodson
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 74,292 64.76%
Republican Dave Dodson32,64728.46%
Republican John Holtz2,9812.60%
Republican Charlie Hardy (withdrawn)2,3772.07%
Republican Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente1,2801.16%
Republican Anthony Van Risseghem8700.7%
Write-in 2670.23%
Total votes114,714 100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Declined

Results

Results by county: Trauner 90-100% 2018 WY US Senate Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Trauner
  •   90–100%
Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gary Trauner 17,562 98.90%
Write-in 1951.10%
Total votes17,757 100%

Independents

Candidates

Withdrew

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [13] Safe ROctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [14] Safe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [16] [a] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
CNN [17] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [18] Safe RNovember 5, 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		John
Barrasso (R)		Gary
Trauner (D)		Joseph
Porambo (L)		Undecided
Change Research [19] November 2–4, 2018858–60%31%6%–

Endorsements

John Barrasso (R)

Executive branch officials

Gary Trauner (D)

Organizations

Results

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 136,210 66.96% −8.70%
Democratic Gary Trauner 61,22730.10%+8.45%
Libertarian Joseph Porambo5,6582.78%N/A
Write-in 3250.16%-0.01%
Total votes203,420 100% N/A
Republican hold

By county

Vote Break Down by County [23]
John Barrasso
Republican 		Gary Trauner
Democrat 		Joseph Porambo
Libertarian 		Write-InsTotal
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes
Albany 6,36644.15%7,57652.54%4423.07%350.24%14,419
Big Horn 3,56482.56%63914.80%1022.36%120.28%4,317
Campbell 11,02084.44%1,62812.47%3872.97%160.12%13,051
Carbon 3,67370.72%1,35926.16%1563.00%60.12%5,194
Converse 3,95979.87%83416.82%1533.09%110.22%4,957
Crook 2,64285.56%33510.84%1103.56%10.03%3,089
Fremont 9,26264.34%4,73432.89%3802.64%190.13%14,395
Goshen 3,65876.24%1,02021.26%1152.40%50.10%4,798
Hot Springs 1,74277.15%45520.15%582.57%30.13%2,258
Johnson 3,08579.33%72218.57%792.03%30.08%3,889
Laramie 19,47359.72%12,16737.31%9072.78%610.19%32,608
Lincoln 5,84681.23%1,15216.01%1872.60%120.16%7,197
Natrona 16,35966.87%7,28529.78%7783.18%420.17%24,464
Niobrara 98084.56%14412.42%322.76%30.26%1,159
Park 8,93875.57%2,58921.89%2762.33%240.20%11,827
Platte 2,85075.30%80121.16%1313.46%30.08%3,785
Sheridan 8,31870.46%3,20527.15%2612.21%210.18%11,805
Sublette 2,65377.87%66819.61%842.47%20.06%3,407
Sweetwater 8,57766.11%3,94330.39%4303.31%230.18%12,973
Teton 3,83332.62%7,69165.46%2201.87%60.05%11,750
Uinta 4,71375.05%1,37121.83%1882.99%80.13%6,280
Washakie 2,42377.91%58818.91%932.99%60.19%3,110
Weston 2,27584.64%32111.94%893.31%30.11%2,688

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

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  2. ↑ "Barrasso says he's ready to take on possible primary challenges". wyomingnews.com. October 11, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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