2020 Wyoming Senate election

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2020 Wyoming State Senate election
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  2018 November 3, 2020 2022  

15 of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  3x4.svg Rothfuss for Senate.jpg
Leader Drew Perkins Chris Rothfuss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 8, 2019January 7, 2013
Leader's seat 29th district 9th district
Last election27 seats, 63.37%3 seats, 22.29%
Seats before273
Seats won282
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote109,31214,559
Percentage86.86%11.57%
SwingIncrease2.svg 23.19%Decrease2.svg 10.72%

2020 Wyoming state senate election map.svg
Results:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

President of the Senate before election

Drew Perkins
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Dan Dockstader [1]
Republican

The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters elected state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.

Contents

Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline was May 29, 2020. [2]

Retirements

Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

  1. District 10: Glenn Moniz: Retiring
  2. District 18: Hank Coe: Retiring
  3. District 20: Wyatt Agar: Retiring
  4. District 26: Eli Bebout: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

One Republicans lost renomination.

  1. District 24: Michael Von Flatern lost renomination to Troy McKeown.

In the general election

Democrats

  1. District 12: Liisa Anselmi-Dalton lost to John Kolb.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Wyoming Senate election results
PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 15109,31286.86%27141528Increase2.svg 1
Democratic 514,55911.57%3102Decrease2.svg 1
Libertarian 11,7621.40%0000Steady2.svg
Write-in 2210.17%0000Steady2.svg
Total125,854100.00%30151530Steady2.svg
Source: Wyoming Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
86.86%
Democratic
11.57%
Other
1.57%
Senate seats
Republican
100.0%

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 12Republican (flip)12.0%
District 10Republican12.5%

Summary of results by State Senate district

State Senate district [4] IncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty
2nd Brian Boner Rep Brian Boner Rep
4th Tara Nethercott Rep Tara Nethercott Rep
6th Anthony Bouchard Rep Anthony Bouchard Rep
8th Affie Ellis Rep Affie Ellis Rep
10th Glenn Moniz Rep Dan Furphy Rep
12th Liisa Anselmi-Dalton Dem John Kolb Rep
14th Fred Baldwin Rep Fred Baldwin Rep
16th Dan Dockstader Rep Dan Dockstader Rep
18th Hank Coe RepTim FrenchRep
20th Wyatt Agar RepEdward CooperRep
22nd Dave Kinskey Rep Dave Kinskey Rep
24th Michael Von Flatern*RepTroy McKeownRep
26th Eli Bebout Rep Tim Salazar Rep
28th James Lee Anderson Rep James Lee Anderson Rep
30th Charles Scott Rep Charles Scott Rep

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Boner (incumbent) 4,940 99.1%
Write-in 460.9%
Total votes4,986 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 2nd State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Boner (incumbent) 9,372 100.0%
Total votes9,372 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tara Nethercott (incumbent) 3,787 97.2%
Write-in 1102.8%
Total votes3,897 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 4th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tara Nethercott (incumbent) 9,299 100.0%
Total votes9,299 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) 2,069 51.8%
Republican Erin Johnson 1,90647.7%
Write-in 200.5%
Total votes3,995 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Britney Wallesch 858 99.3%
Write-in 60.7%
Total votes864 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 6th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) 6,879 64.7%
Democratic Britney Wallesch3,72435.0%
Write-in 320.3%
Total votes10,635 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Affie Ellis (incumbent) 1,120 64.1%
Republican Dan Young62335.7%
Write-in 40.2%
Total votes1,747 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Byrd 912 99.3%
Write-in 60.7%
Total votes918 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 8th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Affie Ellis (incumbent) 4,231 61.3%
Democratic James Byrd2,62338.0%
Write-in 470.7%
Total votes6,901 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Furphy 1,577 62.5%
Republican Craig Malmstrom93437.0%
Write-in 110.4%
Total votes2,522 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jackie Grimes 1,554 99.4%
Write-in 90.6%
Total votes1,563 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 10th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Furphy 5,593 56.0%
Democratic Jackie Grimes4,34343.5%
Write-in 450.5%
Total votes9,981 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent) 907 99.1%
Write-in 80.9%
Total votes915 100.0%

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Kolb 1,254 92.2%
Write-in 1067.8%
Total votes1,360 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 12th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Kolb 3,278 55.8%
Democratic Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent)2,57643.8%
Write-in 240.4%
Total votes5,878 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Baldwin (incumbent) 1,866 46.1%
Republican Lyle Williams1,30532.2%
Republican Rex Rammell86621.4%
Write-in 150.4%
Total votes4,052 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 14th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fred Baldwin (incumbent) 7,779 100.0%
Total votes7,779 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Dockstader (incumbent) 3,405 98.5%
Write-in 511.5%
Total votes3,456 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 16th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Dockstader (incumbent) 9,231 100.0%
Total votes9,231 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim French 2,177 41.7%
Republican David Northrup 1,44427.6%
Republican Stefanie Bell1,26924.3%
Republican Richard Jones3226.2%
Write-in 120.2%
Total votes5,224 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 18th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim French 9,153 100.0%
Total votes9,153 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edward Cooper 2,300 47.6%
Republican Linda Weeks2,08443.1%
Republican Roland Luehne4409.1%
Write-in 70.1%
Total votes4,831 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Theresa Livingston 418 99.3%
Write-in 30.7%
Total votes421 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 20th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edward Cooper 7,497 85.0%
Democratic Theresa Livingston1,29314.7%
Write-in 260.3%
Total votes8,816 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Kinskey (incumbent) 4,201 97.0%
Write-in 1323.0%
Total votes4,333 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 22nd State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Kinskey (incumbent) 8,516 100.0%
Total votes8,516 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Troy McKeown 2,374 63.4%
Republican Michael Von Flatern (incumbent)1,36036.3%
Write-in 110.3%
Total votes3,745 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 24th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Troy McKeown 8,516 100.0%
Total votes8,516 100.0%
Republican hold

District 26

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Salazar 2,883 62.3%
Republican Michael Bailey1,73837.6%
Write-in 30.1%
Total votes4,624 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 26th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Salazar 7,790 100.0%
Total votes7,790 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Lee Anderson (incumbent) 1,623 67.0%
Republican Ryan Jackson78732.5%
Write-in 140.6%
Total votes2,424 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 28th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Lee Anderson (incumbent) 6,132 100.0%
Total votes6,132 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

Republican primary

Republican primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles Scott (incumbent) 1,740 57.7%
Republican Charles Schoenwolf1,26942.0%
Write-in 90.3%
Total votes3,018 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 30th State Senate District general election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Charles Scott (incumbent) 6,046 77.0%
Libertarian Wendy Degroot1,76222.4%
Write-in 470.6%
Total votes7,855 100.0%
Republican hold

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