2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming's at-large district
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Nominee Liz Cheney Lynnette Grey Bull
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote185,73266,576
Percentage68.56%24.58%
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Cheney:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Grey Bull:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     No data
U.S. Representative before election

Liz Cheney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Liz Cheney
Republican

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Blake Stanley, rancher [2]

Endorsements

Liz Cheney
Organizations

Results

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Results by county:
  Cheney
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 78,870 73.46
Republican Blake Stanley28,03926.12
Write-in 4540.42
Total votes107,363 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Carl Beach, international educator [6]
  • Carol Hafner, retired educator and progressive activist [7]

Declined

Endorsements

Lynnette Grey Bull
Federal officials
State officials
Organizations

Results

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Results by county:
  Grey Bull
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lynnette Grey Bull 14,153 60.03
Democratic Carol Hafner5,17221.94
Democratic Carl Beach4,10717.42
Write-in 1440.61
Total votes23,576 100.00

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Inside Elections [12] Safe ROctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Politico [14] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [15] Safe RNovember 2, 2020
RCP [16] Safe RNovember 2, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Liz
Cheney (R)		Lynette
Grey Bull (D)		Undecided
University of Wyoming [17] October 8–28, 2020614 (LV)± 4%58%28%–

Results

Wyoming's at-large congressional district, 2020 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 185,732 68.56% +4.98%
Democratic Lynnette Grey Bull 66,57624.58%−5.19%
Libertarian Richard Brubaker10,1543.75%+0.31%
Constitution Jeff Haggit7,9052.92%−0.10%
Write-in 5250.19%±0.00%
Total votes270,892 100.0% N/A
Republican hold
By county
County Liz Cheney
Republican 		Lynnette Grey Bull
Democratic 		Richard Brubaker
Libertarian 		Jeff Haggit
Constitution 		Write-inMarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Albany 8,62947.348,44046.317374.043922.15280.151891.0418,226
Big Horn 4,58781.3372412.841432.541803.1960.113,86368.495,640
Campbell 15,73283.001,7139.047353.886943.66800.4214,01973.9618,954
Carbon 4,64471.361,33720.543134.812043.13100.153,30750.816,508
Converse 5,41880.0878511.602543.752934.33160.244,63368.486,766
Crook 3,44285.073378.331172.891413.4890.223,10576.744,046
Fremont 11,50564.625,22729.367113.993351.88260.156,27835.2617,804
Goshen 4,72276.971,03716.901592.592103.4270.113,68560.076,135
Hot Springs 1,91575.9042416.811054.16763.0130.121,49159.102,523
Johnson 3,71577.3579216.491863.871072.2330.062,92360.864,803
Laramie 27,64161.9913,86331.091,7904.011,1982.691000.2213,77861.9944,592
Lincoln 8,32480.931,42913.892622.552592.52110.116,89567.0410,285
Natrona 24,21470.477,45421.691,6524.819612.80780.2316,76048.7834,359
Niobrara 1,05381.6914511.25312.40584.5020.1690870.441,289
Park 12,37475.912,87417.635113.135053.10360.229,50058.2816,300
Platte 3,58974.4486818.001422.942154.4670.142,72156.444,821
Sheridan 11,58872.313,46021.595783.613732.33270.178,12850.7216,026
Sublette 3,72976.8983717.261282.641493.0770.142,89259.634,850
Sweetwater 11,09768.723,68022.797334.546113.78260.167,41745.9316,147
Teton 5,21036.308,62860.113832.671160.81160.11-3,418-23.8114,353
Uinta 6,78174.461,52116.702692.955225.73140.155,26057.769,107
Washakie 3,06377.7459915.201433.631263.2090.232,46462.543,940
Weston 2,76080.7540211.76722.111805.2740.122,35868.993,418
Totals185,73268.5666,57624.5810,1543.757,9052.925250.19119,15643.99270,892

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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